Patent ID: 8217204
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation of an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, which comprises: a powder of at least one metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table, or a metal-supported substance in which at least one metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table is supported on a support; an optically active cyclic nitrogen-containing compound; and an acid, wherein the optically active cyclic nitrogen-containing compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein ring A is a three- to seven-membered ring which may have a substituent, comprises at least one kind of atom selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom and a phosphorous atom, and may be a fused ring structure; R the optically active cyclic nitrogen-containing compound does not include amino acids.