| abstract |
(57) [Problem] To provide a method capable of efficiently producing an aromatic carbonate at low cost from a dialkyl carbonate and an aromatic hydroxy compound. SOLUTION: After reacting a dialkyl carbonate with an aromatic hydroxy compound in the presence of a catalyst, an aromatic carbonate is produced while distilling off by-product alcohols and by-product dialkyl carbonates out of the reaction system. , (I) a Lewis acid represented by TiX 3 or TiX 4 (X represents a halogen atom, an acetoxy group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group) as a catalyst, and (ii) A method for producing an aromatic carbonate which is used in an amount of 7 × 10 −3 mol or less per mol of an aromatic hydroxy compound when the catalyst is converted into titanium atoms. |