Method for producing alcohol and/or amine from amide compound

A method for producing an alcohol and/or an amine from an amide compound represented by the following general formula (A) under an atmosphere of hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium carbonyl complex represented by the following general formula (1):

• wherein RI represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or a cycloalkenyl group, these alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, heterocyclic group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, and cycloalkenyl group may have one or more than one substituent, RII and RIII may be the same or different from each other and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkyloxy group, a cycloalkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkyloxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, an alkenyloxycarbonyl group, an alkynyloxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkynyloxycarbonyl group, or a sulfonyl group, these alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, heterocyclic group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, cycloalkenyl group, alkyloxy group, cycloalkyloxy group, aryloxy group, aralkyloxy group, hydroxyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, cycloalkyloxycarbonyl group, aryloxycarbonyl group, aralkyloxycarbonyl group, alkenyloxycarbonyl group, alkynyloxycarbonyl group, cycloalkynyloxycarbonyl group, and sulfonyl group may have one or more than one substituent, and RI and RII and/or RIII and RII and RIII may be linked together to form a ring;
• and
• RuXY(CO)(L) (1)
• wherein X and Y may be the same or different from each other and each represents an anionic ligand and L represents a tridentate aminodiphosphine ligand represented by the following general formula (2):
• wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different from one another and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkyloxy group, a cycloalkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, a heterocyclic group, or a substituted amino group, R1 and R2 or R3 and R4 may be linked together to form a ring with an adjacent phosphorus atom, these alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, alkyloxy group, cycloalkyloxy group, aryloxy group, aralkyloxy group, heterocyclic group, and substituted amino group may have one or more than one substituent, Q1 and Q2 may be the same or different from each other and each represents a divalent alkylene group that may have one or more than one substituent, a divalent cycloalkylene group that may have one or more than one substituent, or a divalent aralkylene group that may have one or more than one substituent.