摘要:
A tetraester of 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid is advantageously prepared by a process composed of a step of dimerizing an o-phthalic diester in the presence of a catalyst comprising a powdery palladium salt having a specific surface area of at least 0.5 m2/g and a basic bidentate ligand compound and one or more steps of continuing the dimerization after supplemental addition of at least one of the powdery palladium salt and the basic bidentate ligand compound.