Patent ID: 8198445

Claim:
A method for producing an optically active alcohol, comprising: reacting a carbonyl compound with an organozinc compound in the presence of a phosphoramide compound, wherein the carbonyl compound is one of an aldehyde compound and a ketone compound, wherein the organozinc compound comprises a compound represented by general formula (11) or compounds represented by general formulae (12) and (13), ZnR 10 R 11 (11) ZnR 12 R 13 (12) ZnR 14 R 15 (13) wherein R 10 and R 11 independently are monovalent hydrocarbon groups, and at least one of R 10 and R 11 is an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group; R 12 and R 13 independently are aryl group, arylalkyl group or arylalkenyl group; and R 14 and R 15 independently are alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group, and the phosphoramide compound is represented by general formula (1) or (1′) wherein R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an optionally substituted benzyl group; R 2 and R 3 independently are a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a cyclohexyl group or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms that may have a substituent; R 4 and R 5 independently are an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or may be bonded together to form a five-to-eight membered saturated ring with a nitrogen atom to which R 4 and R 5 are attached, where the ring may have a hetero atom in the ring; X is an oxygen atom; and B is a methylene group or carbonyl group.