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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Jurong Island, SG;
Takushi Nagata, Jurong Island, SG;
Satoru Miyazoe, Ichihara-shi, JP;
Kazuhiko Yoshinaga, Jurong Island, SG;
Takushi Nagata, Jurong Island, SG;
Satoru Miyazoe, Ichihara-shi, JP;
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a titanium compound produced from a reaction mixture of a titanium tetraalkoxide compound with water and an optically active ligand represented by the following general formula (1), or a titanium oxoalkoxide compound and an optically active ligand represented by the following general formula (1), wherein, in the formula, R, Rand Rindependently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like, and A* represents a hydrocarbon-containing group with three or more carbon atoms having an asymmetric carbon atom or axial asymmetry. The invention further relates to a process for producing optically active cyanohydrins which is characterized by reacting a carbonyl compound with a cyanating agent in the presence of such a titanium compound.