Patent ID: 7906667

Claim:
A method for producing an optically active alcohol compound comprising reacting a cyclic ether compound with a phenol compound in the presence of an asymmetric complex obtained by reacting an optically active metal complex represented by the formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, an aralkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carbamoyl group, a carboxyl group, or a silyl group; or two adjacent groups of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are combined together to represent a naphthalene ring by forming a ring together with a benzene ring to which they are attached; one of R 9 and R 10 is a hydrogen group and the other is a phenyl group or a naphthyl group optionally substituted with at least one selected from the group consisting of a C1-C4 alkyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, a C1-C4 alkoxy group optionally substituted with a halogen atom and a halogen atom; or either one pair of R 9 and R 10 attached to the different carbon atoms are combined together at their ends to form a tetramethylene group and the other pair are hydrogen atoms; Q represents a single bond or a C1-C4 alkylene group; or Q is combined with R 9 and R 10 to represent a 1,1′-binaphthyl group attached to the nitrogen atoms at 2 and 2′ positions; M represents a metal ion; and when an ionic valency of the metal ion is same as a coordination number of a ligand, A is nonexistent, and when the above-mentioned ionic valency is different from the coordination number, and A represents a counter ion or a ligand, with a metal sulfonate.