| abstract |
An object is to provide a process for producing a 2-haloimidazole compound represented by the formula (II), which uses inexpensive raw materials and can produce it by simple and convenient operations at low costs. n A 2,4-dihaloimidazole compound represented by the formula (I), an iodine compound, and one or two or more compounds selected from a ketone compound, an ester compound, and a nitrile compound are reacted:n nwherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a formyl group, or a carboxyl group and X is a halogen atom. |