| 摘要 |
A method for producing alcohols which comprises reducing esters or lactones with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a ruthenium compound, (ii) a monodentate monophosphine or a bidentate bisphosphine, and (iii) an amine. Examples of the catalyst include a ruthenium (Ru) complex represented by the formula:RuX 1 X 2 (L P ) m (L N ) n [X 1 and X 2 each represent an anionic ligand, L P represents a phosphine ligand, m is 1 when L P is bidentate, while m is 2 when L P is monodentate, L N represents an amine ligand, and n is 1 when L N is bidentate, while n is 2 when L N is monodentate.] and a catalyst comprising an amine and a ruthenium (Ru) complex of the formula: RuX 1 X 2 (L P 1 ) r [L P 1 represents a monophosphine ligand and r is 3 or 4.]. |
