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(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a novel method for producing an aromatic carbonyl or sulfonyl compound having an aryl ether structure, which can be carried out by a simple method. The method comprises the step of adding phenol and a halogenated carbonyl or sulfonyl compound in a dipolar aprotic solvent in a catalytic amount of an alkali metal nitrite or aromatic nitro, nitroso, azo, azoxy or The reaction comprises reacting in the presence of a hydrazo compound. |