The present invention provides an industrially advantageous method for producing an optically active naphthalene compound useful as a therapeutic agent for dermatitis or the like. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing an optically active naphthalene compound [I], which comprises: a step of reacting a compound [a-1] and a compound [b-1] with each other in the presence of a base and a catalyst that is composed of a Pd compound and a tertiary phosphine ligand (step a); a step of asymmetrically hydrogenating a compound [c-1] in the presence of a hydrogen donor and a complex that is prepared from a ruthenium compound and a chiral ligand, or alternatively in the presence of an optically active oxazaborolidine compound (a CBS catalyst) and a boron hydride compound (step b); and a step of treating a compound [d-1] with a reducing agent (step c). (In the above formulae, Ra and Rb represent the same or different lower alkyl groups; and X1 represents a halogen atom.)
本发明提供了一种具有工业优势的生产光学活性
萘化合物的方法,该化合物可用作皮炎或类似疾病的治疗剂。具体地说,本发明提供了一种生产光学活性
萘化合物[I]的方法,该方法包括:化合物[a-1]和化合物[b-1]在碱和由
钯化合物和叔
膦配体组成的催化剂存在下相互反应的步骤(步骤 a);在氢供体和由
钌化合物和手性
配体制备的络合物存在下,或在光学活性
噁唑硼烷化合物(
CBS 催化剂)和氢化
硼化合物存在下,对化合物 [c-1] 进行不对称氢化的步骤(步骤 b);以及用还原剂处理化合物 [d-1] 的步骤(步骤 c)。(在上式中,Ra 和 Rb 代表相同或不同的低级烷基;X1 代表卤原子)。