Process for preparing secondary alcohol

摘要

A process for preparing a secondary alcohol which is characterized by adding a primary or a secondary amine to the reaction system in the case that the secondary alcohol is prepared by hydrogenating, in the presence of a noble metal, an epoxy derivative represented by the following formula, €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ
wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different, an organic group not containing an aldehyde group or keto group therein or a hydrogen atom, provided that both R 1 and R 2 are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom.