The present invention is directed to providing a method of manufacturing a fluorine-containing compound according to which a fluorine-containing compound is manufactured under a relatively moderate reaction condition by use of a readily available compound. A method of manufacturing a fluorine-containing compound includes reacting a compound having a partial structure expressed by a formula (a) below with a Grignard reagent in the presence of a transition metal compound,

—CF.sub.2—CH.sub.2—L  (a)

wherein L is a sulfonate group.

The present invention is directed to providing a method of manufacturing a fluorine-containing compound according to which a fluorine-containing compound is manufactured under a relatively moderate reaction condition by use of a readily available compound. A method of manufacturing a fluorine-containing compound includes reacting a compound having a partial structure expressed by a formula (a) below with a Grignard reagent in the presence of a transition metal compound,

—CF.sub.2—CH.sub.2—L  (a)

wherein L is a sulfonate group.

A method for producing an organometallic nucleophile includes reacting an organohalide and a metal or metal compound with each other by a mechanochemical process in the presence of an ether compound in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 equivalents relative to 1 equivalent of the organohalide. By utilizing the method, a method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed without using a large-scale apparatus, a reaction method for reactions between an organometallic nucleophile and various organic electrophiles can be performed by an efficient and simplified means, and a simplified method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed with high reactivity.

A method for producing an organometallic nucleophile includes reacting an organohalide and a metal or metal compound with each other by a mechanochemical process in the presence of an ether compound in an amount of 0.5 to 10.0 equivalents relative to 1 equivalent of the organohalide. By utilizing the method, a method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed without using a large-scale apparatus, a reaction method for reactions between an organometallic nucleophile and various organic electrophiles can be performed by an efficient and simplified means, and a simplified method for producing an organometallic nucleophile can be performed with high reactivity.

The present invention provides continuous flow processes for the preparation of the compound of Formula (2-A), an intermediate used in the preparation of zuclomiphene or a salt thereof.

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The present invention provides continuous flow processes for the preparation of the compound of Formula (2-A), an intermediate used in the preparation of zuclomiphene or a salt thereof.

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A process for process for preparing 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate of the following formula (3), wherein Ac represents an acetyl group, the process comprising steps of: preparing a nucleophilic reagent, 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl compound, of the following general formula (1): wherein M.sup.1 represents Li, MgZ.sup.1, ZnZ.sup.1, Cu, CuZ.sup.1, or CuLiZ.sup.1, wherein Z.sup.1 represents a halogen atom or a 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl group, from a 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl halide compound of the following general formula (4): wherein X.sup.1 represents a halogen atom; subjecting the nucleophilic reagent (1), 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl compound, to an addition reaction with at least one electrophilic reagent selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, and 1,3,5-trioxane, followed by a hydrolysis reaction to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol of the following formula (2); and acetylating 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol (2) to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate (3).

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A process for process for preparing 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate of the following formula (3), wherein Ac represents an acetyl group, the process comprising steps of: preparing a nucleophilic reagent, 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl compound, of the following general formula (1): wherein M.sup.1 represents Li, MgZ.sup.1, ZnZ.sup.1, Cu, CuZ.sup.1, or CuLiZ.sup.1, wherein Z.sup.1 represents a halogen atom or a 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl group, from a 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl halide compound of the following general formula (4): wherein X.sup.1 represents a halogen atom; subjecting the nucleophilic reagent (1), 5-isopropenyl-2-methyl-8-nonenyl compound, to an addition reaction with at least one electrophilic reagent selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, and 1,3,5-trioxane, followed by a hydrolysis reaction to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol of the following formula (2); and acetylating 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol (2) to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate (3).

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An industrially excellent production method for cycloalkyl(trifluoromethyl)benzene is free of complicated steps, small in the number of steps, and high in production efficiency. Cycloalkyl(trifluoromethyl)benzene is produced by reacting a halogen-substituted trifluoromethyl benzene with magnesium metal to produce a Grignard reagent and cross-coupling the Grignard reagent with a cycloalkyl halide in the presence of an iron salt or a cobalt salt at a reaction temperature of 60° C. to 80° C.

An industrially excellent production method for cycloalkyl(trifluoromethyl)benzene is free of complicated steps, small in the number of steps, and high in production efficiency. Cycloalkyl(trifluoromethyl)benzene is produced by reacting a halogen-substituted trifluoromethyl benzene with magnesium metal to produce a Grignard reagent and cross-coupling the Grignard reagent with a cycloalkyl halide in the presence of an iron salt or a cobalt salt at a reaction temperature of 60° C. to 80° C.