| abstract |
Provided is a method for manufacturing a tricyclodecane mono-methanol monocarboxylic acid derivative that can be used as a raw material for heat-resistant alicyclic polyesters and the like. The provided method is characterized in that a tricyclodecane mono-methanol monocarboxylic acid derivative represented by formula (III) is obtained as follows: the dicyclopentadiene represented by formula (I) is reacted with a formic acid compound in the presence of a catalytic system containing a ruthenium compound, a cobalt compound, and a halide salt, resulting in a tricyclodecane monocarboxylic acid derivative represented by formula (II), which is then hydroformylated. (In formulas (II) and (III), R represents hydrogen, a C1-5 alkyl group, a vinyl group, or a benzyl group.) |