Patent ID: 8658840
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B01J,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a β-fluoroalcohol of the general formula [3], comprising: performing a reaction of an α-fluoroester of the general formula [1] with hydrogen gas (H 2 ) in the presence of a ruthenium complex of the general formula [2] where R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aromatic ring group, a substituted aromatic ring group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or a substituted alkoxycarbonyl group; and R 3 represents an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group where R each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aromatic ring group or a substituted aromatic ring group; Ar each independently represent an aromatic ring group or a substituted aromatic ring group; X each independently represent a ligand having a formal charge of −1 or 0 (wherein a sum of formal charges of three X is −2); and n each independently represent an integer of 1 or 2