Process for production of fused ring compound

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a fused ring compound, with which a fused ring compound that has excellent charge transport property and that has excellent solubility in solvents can be obtained efficiently. The method of the present invention for manufacturing a fused ring compound involves reacting a compound expressed by the following General Formula (1a) and a compound expressed by the following General Formula (1b) in the presence of an amine and a metal complex catalyst: (where Ar11 and Ar12 are each independently an atom group constituting an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring; X11 and X12 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and at least one is a halogen atom; and R11 and R12 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or a cyano group, provided that at least one of R11 and R12 is not a hydrogen atom).

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