Method of Synthesizing Compound

A method of synthesizing a compound, which comprises reacting a compound represented by the following general formula (1) with a compound represented by the following general formula (2) or a compound represented by the following general formula (3) in the presence of a palladium-containing perovskite-type composite oxide using a reaction solvent containing an alkoxy alcohol:

• R1—X (1)
• wherein R1 represents an aryl group which may have a substituent, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, or an alkenyl group which may have a substituent;
• and X represents a halogen atom, a trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy group, a p-toluenesulfonyloxy group or a methanesulfonyloxy group,
• R2-M (2)
• wherein R2 represents an aryl group which may have a substituent, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, or an alkenyl group which may have a substituent;
• M represents a —B(ORa)2— group or a —Sn(Rb)3 group;
• Ra represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent;
• and Rb represents an alkyl group, and instead of Ra, a ring including —OBO— may be formed through an arylene group which may have a substituent or an alkylene group which may have a substituent, both of which serve as a bond of —OBO—, and
• R3HC═CR4R5 (3)
• wherein R3, R4 and R5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, a carboxylic acid derivative, an acid amide derivative or a cyano group.