| abstract |
A silicon enolate represented by the following formula (Formula 1)n n(in the formula, R 5 to R 7 represent hydrogen atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbon groups, monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon groups, monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic hydrocarbon groups or heterocyclic groups, R 5 and R 7 are different, R 6 is not a hydrogen atom, each R 8 may be identical or different and represents a methyl group, ethyl group or isopropyl group) and formaldehyde are allowed to react in an aqueous solution or a mixed solvent of water and an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst obtained by mixing a ligand comprising a chiral bipyridine compound or its antipode and Bi(OTf) 3 . |