Process for producing halogenated benzene compound

A process for producing a halogenated benzene compound represented by the formula II:

• wherein X, n, m, A and Q have the meanings defined below, the process comprising the step of reacting in a solvent a halide with an organometallic compound represented by the formula I:
• wherein M represents an R13Sn group, an R13Si group, and R13Ge group, an (R2CO2)Hg group, a ClHg group or an (R3O)2B group,
• wherein each R1 independently represents a C1-C8 alkyl group,
• R2 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or a C1-C3 haloalkyl group,
• R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group,
• n represents an integer of from 0 to 4,
• m represents an integer of from 0 to 1,
• each A independently represents a fluorine atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C1-C8 alkoxy group or a C2-C8 acyloxy group, and
• Q represents an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkanoyl group, a carboxyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxycarbonyl group, an optionally substituted carbamoyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, an optionally substituted alkanoyloxy group, an optionally substituted alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an optionally substituted carbamoyloxy group, an optionally substituted alkylamino group, an optionally substituted alkanoylamino group, an optionally substituted cyclic hydrocarbon group, and an optionally substituted heterocyclic group;
• with said halide ion represented by the formula X− wherein X represents a halogen atom including each isotope thereof,
• said reaction occurring in the presence of a semiconductor catalyst having photocatalytic activity and light having a wavelength which can excite electrons of said catalyst.