A process for producing an acrylic ester compound includes reacting in the presence of alkene an alcohol represented by the formula (1), ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon group, a fluorine-containing alkyl group, or an aromatic or aliphatic ring and optionally contains oxygen, sulfur or a carbonyl bond, with an acid halide represented by the formula (2), ##STR00002## wherein R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group, and X represents a halogen atom.