Patent ID: 8563786

Claim:
A method for producing an optically active alcohol comprising reacting a titanium compound represented by the following general formula (1), an aromatic magnesium compound represented by the following general formula (4) and a carbonyl compound in the presence of an optically active biphenol compound represented by the following general formula (2) and an ether compound represented by the following general formula (3), Ti(OR a ) m X (4-m) (1) wherein, in the formula, R a is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or an acyl group, which may have a substituent; X is a halogen atom; and m is an integer of 0 to 4, wherein, in the formula, R 1 to R 8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group, an acyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a thiol group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an arylamino group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a silyl group or a siloxy group, which may have a substituent or may be linked to each other to form a ring, wherein, in the formula, R b and R c are each independently an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, which may have a substituent or may be linked to each other to form a ring; and (A) is a group containing one or more carbon atoms, which connects two oxygen atoms in the formula, R d n MgY (2-n) (4) wherein, in the formula, R d is an aromatic group, which may have a substituent; Y is a halogen atom; and n is an integer of 1 or 2.