| abstract |
Objects of the present invention are to provide an industrially applicable method for producing an optically active ±-amino acid in high yield and in a highly enantioselective manner, to provide a simple production method of an optically active ±,±-disubstituted ±-amino acid, and to provide an intermediate useful for the above production methods of an optically active ±-amino acid and an optically active ±,±-disubstituted ±-amino acid. The present invention provides a production method of an optically active ±-amino acid or a salt thereof, the production method comprising introducing a substituent into the ± carbon in the ±-amino acid moiety of a metal complex represented by the following Formula (1): nby an alkylation reaction, an aldol reaction, the Michael reaction, or the Mannich reaction, and releasing an optically pure ±-amino acid enantiomer or a salt thereof by acid decomposition of the metal complex. |