In a solution of 15.0 g of 3-(4-bromo-3-methylphenyl)-5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole in 60 ml of ethanol in an autoclave, 3.26 g of sodium acetate, 0.37 g of 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino) ferrocene and 0.08 g of palladium (II) acetate were added, and stirred under 2.0 MPa carbon monoxide atmosphere at 110° C. for 3 hours. After the completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was left and cooled to room temperature, 200 ml of water was added and extracted with ethyl acetate (200 ml×2), the organic phase was washed with water, dehydrated with saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography that was eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:8) to obtain 10.8 g of the aimed product as colorless clear liquid. Refractive index nD21.4° C.=1.5474
