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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1993
Yukio Yoneyoshi, Ohtsu, JP;
Gohfu Suzukamo, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoji Sakito, Montreal, CA;
Toshio Nishioka, Ashiya, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active alcohol derivatives, which are useful as fungicides, herbicides or plant growth regulators, represented by the formula, ##STR1## by carrying out the asymmetric reduction of a ketone compound represented by the formula, ##STR2## with a boron hydride-reducing agent modified with an optically active amino alcohol represented by the formula, ##STR3## and also relates to the boron hydride type compound obtained by reacting the above optically active amino alcohol with a boron hydride compound and its production method.