Patent ID: 7563916

Claim:
A process for producing an alcohol or a silyl ether thereof represented by the following formula (4): wherein R 1 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or CO 2 R, wherein R represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group; X represents an aryl group or an alkenyl group represented by the following formula (3): wherein R 5 , R 6 and R 7 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and R 5 and R 6 may be taken together to form a methylene chain; and R 8 represents a hydrogen atom or a silyl residue of a silane represented by the following formula (2): (R 3 ) 2 R 4 Si—X (2) wherein R 3 represents an alkyl group or an alkoxy group; R 4 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an aryl group; and X is the same as defined above, which comprises reacting a compound represented by the following formula (1): R 1 (C═O)R 2 (1) wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same as defined above, with the silane represented by the foregoing general formula (2) in the presence of (i) a catalyst component containing copper fluoride or a catalyst component containing a copper compound and a fluoride and (ii) a bidentate phosphine compound, or in the presence of a complex obtained from (i) and (ii).