Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an aminomethyl group-containing benzamide compound represented by the general formula (II): wherein —CONH2 and —X represent a substituent on the benzene ring and —CONH2 exists at the meta- or para-position of —CH2NH2, and X and n are as defined below, which comprises hydrating an aminomethyl group-containing benzonitrile compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein —CN and —X represent a substituent on the benzene ring and —CN exists at the meta- or para-position of —CH2NH2, X represents a chlorine atom or a fluorine atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 4, provided that, when n is 2 or more, X may be the same or different

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an aminomethyl group-containing benzamide compound represented by the general formula (II): wherein —CONH2 and —X represent a substituent on the benzene ring and —CONH2 exists at the meta- or para-position of —CH2NH2, and X and n are as defined below, which comprises hydrating an aminomethyl group-containing benzonitrile compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein —CN and —X represent a substituent on the benzene ring and —CN exists at the meta- or para-position of —CH2NH2, X represents a chlorine atom or a fluorine atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 4, provided that, when n is 2 or more, X may be the same or different.

Abstract: A process for producing a cyanobenzoic acid compound, a cyanobenzamide compound, an alkyl cyanobenzoate compound, and a cyanobenzoyl chloride compound, which are useful intermediates for a variety of chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, liquid crystals, and monomers for functional polymers. One nitrile group of an easily available phthalonitrile compound is selectively hydrolyzed to thereby produce a cyanobenzamide compound with high selectivity and yield. The cyanobenzamide compound thus-produced is transformed under acidic conditions into a cyanobenzoic acid compound and a cyanobenzoate ester compound without the cyano group of the benzene ring being damaged.

Abstract: (1) Methods for producing isochromanone compounds from o-xylene compounds as starting compounds through &agr;-halogeno-o-xylene derivatives, &agr;-cyano-o-xylene derivatives, and &agr;-halogeno-&agr;′-cyano-o-xylene derivatives, and (2) methods for producing isochromanone compounds from o-xylene compounds as starting compounds through &agr;,&agr;′-dihalogeno-o-xylene derivatives, &agr;,&agr;′-dihydroxy-o-xylene derivatives, &agr;-halogeno-&agr;′-hydroxy-o-xylene derivatives and &agr;-cyano-&agr;′-hydroxy-o-xylene derivatives, and methods for producing these intermediate compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to (1) a process for producing a cyanobenzaldehyde compound by converting the aminomethyl group in a cyanobenzylamine compound into an aldehyde group using an oxidizing agent without impairing the cyano group, to (2) a process for producing a cyanobenzoyl halide compound by converting the aldehyde group in a cyanobenzaldehyde compound into an acid halide group without impairing the cyano group, and to (3) a process for producing a cyanobenzoic acid compound by reacting a cyanobenzaldehyde compound with a hypohalogenous compound. According to the present invention, cyanophenyl derivatives that are useful as an intermediate of medical preparations, agricultural chemicals, liquid crystals, functional high molecular monomers and the like can be produced efficiently from raw materials that are obtained without difficulty.