RHODIUM CATALYST AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUND USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new rhodium complex stable in the air, easy in handling and using an inexpensive optically active H-phosphinate HP(O)R(OR') as a ligand, and a method for asymmetrically hydrogenating olefins efficiently using the same.SOLUTION: The rhodium complex compound has a structure represented by the following general formula (I). (Where in the formula (I), Rand Rare carbon substituents which may be the same or different, and two olefins coordinated in Rh may combine with each other as shown by a dotted line to form a ring structure.)