Patent ID: 8680302

Claim:
A method for producing an alcohol compound, said method comprising performing a hydrogenation reaction of an aldehyde compound of the following general formula (3): wherein R 5 to R 7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which has 1 to 10 carbon atoms and which may have a substituent, an alkenyl group which may have a substituent, an alicyclic group which has 5 to 8 carbon atoms and which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent; and R 5 and R 6 and/or R 5 and R 7 , may be bonded to each other to form a ring, in the presence of a homogeneous copper catalyst and a diphosphine compound of the following general formula (1): wherein R 1 to R 4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alicyclic group which has 5 to 8 carbon atoms and which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent; R 1 and R 2 and/or R 3 and R 4 , may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and A represents an alkylene chain which may have a substituent, a cycloalkanediyl group which may have a substituent, an alaryldiyl group which may have a substituent, or an aryldiyl group which may have a substituent.