Methods are provided for producing an optically active secondary alcohol at a high optical purity by hydrogenating a substrate carbonyl compound at a high efficiency using as a catalyst a ruthenium complex bearing as a ligand certain optically active diphosphine compound and a readily synthesized amine compound. For example, aromatic ketones and heteroaromatic ketones are reacted with hydrogen and/or a hydrogen donating compound in the presence of the ruthenium complex.
提供了一种方法,通过在高效率下使用一种催化剂(一种带有某些光学活性
二膦化合物和易于合成的胺化合物的
钌配合物),在高光学纯度下加氢底物羰基化合物,从而制备出光学活性的二级醇。例如,
芳香酮和杂环
芳香酮在
钌配合物的存在下与
氢气和/或氢供体化合物反应。