| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione starting from an alkyl pivalate and a pinacolone, using an alkali metal alkoxide as a catalyst. An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione which can be used. Also, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5- It is an object to provide a method for producing a heptanedione metal complex and a method for producing a metal oxide using the metal complex. SOLUTION: The reaction with an alkyl pivalate and a pinacolone is carried out by using the alkyl pivalate as a solvent without using any other solvent, or by reacting in an amide-based or urea-based solvent. Using an alkali metal alkoxide catalyst, 2, 2,6,6-Tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione can be synthesized, and the above-mentioned problems can be solved. |