This invention selectively synthesizes a cycloparaphenylene compound having 10, 11, or 13 benzene rings. The invention also synthesizes a cycloparaphenylene compound in which a functional group is introduced into a desired portion. By reacting specific raw materials using a specific reaction, a cyclic compound having 10, 11, or 13 bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups, bivalent heterocyclic groups, or derivative groups thereof can be selectively obtained as a pure substance. Further, by a method comprising the step of reacting a specific organic compound containing no functional group with a specific organic compound containing a functional group, it is possible to obtain a cyclic compound containing a functional group in which one or more bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups, bivalent heterocyclic groups, or derivative groups thereof of a compound having 10 or more bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups, bivalent heterocyclic groups, or derivative groups thereof is substituted with a substituted 1,4-phenylene group.