To provide a process for increasing the proportion of an optical isomer of not only a compound having a closed ring but also a compound not having a closed ring when an optical isomer mixture of a compound having both a formyl group and a double bond capable of causing a carbonyl-ene ring closing reaction in the same molecule is subjected to a ring closing reaction. A process for increasing the proportion of an optical isomer characterized by subjecting an optical isomer mixture of a compound having both a formyl group and a double bond capable of causing a carbonyl-ene ring closing reaction in the same molecule to a ring closing reaction in the presence of a predetermined aluminum complex represented by the general formula: [Al
1
(L
1
)
1
(L
2
)
m
(Lh)
n
]
k
.
提供一种方法,用于增加具有闭环的化合物和不具有闭环的化合物的光学异构体的比例,当具有
甲醛基团和双键的化合物的光学异构体混合物在同一分子中发生羰基-烯环闭合反应时。一种增加光学异构体比例的方法,其特征在于将具有
甲醛基团和双键的化合物的光学异构体混合物在预定的铝络合物的存在下进行环闭合反应,所述铝络合物由通用公式表示:[Al1(L1)1(
L2)m(Lh)n]k。