Patent ID: 7612236

Claim:
A method for producing an optically active bisamidoalcohol compound represented by the formula (3): wherein R 1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group or a hydrogen atom, or two R 1 s, which are bonded to the same carbon atom, are bonded to form a ring together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, R 2 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted phenyl group, a 1-naphthyl group, a 2-naphthyl group or an optionally substituted aralkyl group, R 3 and R 4 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or C1-3 alkyl group, m represents an integer of 0 to 2, and * represents an asymmetric center, which comprises reacting an optically active aminoalcohol compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 and * are as defined above, with a diester compound represented by the formula (2): wherein R 3 , R 4 and m are as defined above and R 5 represents a C1-3 alkyl group, in the presence of a lithium compound, wherein the lithium compound is at least one lithium compound selected from lithium hydroxide, a lithium alkoxide and a lithium halide.