Patent ID: 8697881
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an alcohol compound, said method comprising performing a hydrogenation reaction of an aldehyde compound in the presence of a homogeneous copper catalyst, a monophosphine compound, and an alcohol selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, n-butanol, benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol, 2-propanol, 2-butanol, cyclohexanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, glycerine, and mixtures thereof, wherein the aldehyde compound is represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R the monophosphine compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R the copper catalyst is represented by the following general formula (4): where X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, a triflate group, a nitrile group, dimethylformamide, NO