Abstract: A 2-hydrocarbyl-2-adamantyl acrylate compound represented by the following Formula 6:
is produced easily and stably with high yields by reacting a 2-adamantanone compound represented by the following Formula 1:
with at least one organometallic compound represented by the following Formula 2 or 3:
R1MgX (2)
R1Li (3)
and at least one acrylic compound represented by the following Formula 4 or 5:
wherein, R1, R2, R3, X, Y and n in the above formulae being as defined in the disclosure.