Verfahren zur Herstellung von optisch aktiven Alkoholen

摘要

The invention relates to a simple method for obtaining purer optically active alcohols with a higher enantiomeric purity, in higher yields, at lower temperatures and in short reaction times by reducing the optically active carboxylic acids with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst containing in addition to ruthenium, at least one other metal or transition metal with an atomic number between 23 and 82.