METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND HAVING HALOGEN ATOM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a polycyclic aromatic compound, capable of easily producing a polycyclic aromatic compound having a halogen atom at low raw material costs.SOLUTION: The method for producing a polycyclic aromatic compound includes the steps of: mixing a compound represented by R-Ph-Xand a compound having a metal such as lithium to obtain a compound represented by R-Ph-M; and mixing a compound represented by R-Ph-Mand a compound represented by R-L-Ph-Xto obtain a compound represented by R-L-Ph-Ph-R(where Rrepresents an alkyl group or the like in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted by a halogen atom, Xand Xeach independently represents an anionic monovalent leaving group, L represents a sulfide group or the like, Rrepresents an alkyl group or the like, Ph represents a phenylene group, Mrepresents a monovalent group having a metal such as lithium or the like, and the metal is directly bound to the Ph).