Catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation and method for manufacturing optically active carbonyl compound using the same

A catalyst, which comprises:

• (1) a powder of at least one metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table, or at least one supported metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table;
• (2) an optically active compound represented by formula (1):
• wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which can have a substituent group, a cycloalkyl group which can have a substituent group, an alkenyl group which can have a substituent group, an aryl group which can have a substituent group, an aralkyl group which can have a substituent group, an alkoxy group which can have a substituent group, an alkoxycarbonyl group which can have a substituent group, a siloxy group which can have a substituent group, an aromatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group or an aliphatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group, wherein R1 and R2 are different from each other, and R3 and R4 are different from each other,
• h, i, j, k, l and m represents an integer of 0 or 1, n represents an integer of 0 to 3, and * represents an asymmetric carbon atom,
• A represents, when n=0, a hydrogen atom, a hetero atom which can have a substituent group, an alkyl group which can have a substituent group, a cycloalkyl group which can have a substituent group, an alkenyl group which can have a substituent group, an aryl group which can have a substituent group, an aralkyl group which can have a substituent group, an alkoxy group which can have a substituent group, a carboxyl group which can have a substituent group, an alkoxycarbonyl group which can have a substituent group, an amido group which can have a substituent group, an aromatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group, an aliphatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group, an oligomer chain, or a polymer chain, and A represents, when n=1 to 3, a hetero atom which can have a substituent group, an alkylene group which can have a substituent group, an alkylene group which includes an arylene group and can have a substituent group, an alkylene group which includes a cycloalkylene group and can have a substituent group, an alkylene group which includes a hetero atom and can have a substituent group, a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon cyclic group which can have a substituent group, a divalent aliphatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group, a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon cyclic group which can have a substituent group, a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which can have a substituent group, an oligomer chain, or a polymer chain,
• R5 and R6, R5 and A, or R6 and A may form a ring,
• X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a phosphorus atom or a sulfur atom, and
• Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a carbon atom, a silicon atom or a sulfur atom;
• and
• (3) an acid.