A process for preparing a derivative of azolylmethylcycloalkanol of the following formula (I) comprising, providing a solid-liquid two-phase mixture of a cycloalkanone derivative of formula (II), an azole compound of formula (III), a metal oxide of formula (IV), and an organic solvent, and adding a sulfonium compound of formula (V) to said solid-liquid two-phase mixture under heating while stirring, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 individually represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; X is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a phenyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group; m is an integer of 0 to 5 (when m is 2 or larger, Xs may be either the same or different); n is an integer of 0 to 2; A represents a nitrogen atom or a group CH; M.sup.1 represents an alkali metal atom or an alkaline earth metal atom; M.sup.2 represents an alkaline earth metal atom, a zinc atom, or two alkali metal atoms; Y represents a halogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxysulfonyloxy group; and p denotes an integer of 0 or 1.