A process comprising allowing a peroxide compound represented by following Formula
(2):
##STR1##
wherein Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are
the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and
wherein Ra and Rb, Rc and Rd may be
combined to form a ring together with the adjacent carbon atom, respectively, to
react with ammonia and water to yield an azine compound represented by following
Formula (3):
##STR2##
wherein Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd have
the same meanings as defined above, or oxime compounds represented by following
Formulae (4a) and/or (4b):
##STR3##
wherein Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd have
the same meanings as defined above, in the presence of a nitrogen-containing cyclic
compound constitutively having a skeleton represented by following Formula (A)
in its ring:
##STR4##
wherein X is one of an oxygen atom and an —OR group, and wherein R
is one of a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl-protecting group. This process can produce
an oxime compound or an azine compound useful as a material for oxime compounds
from low-cost materials by easy and simple procedures.
