A method for the production of optically active hydrocarbons from optically inactive hydrocarbons, with the cc - logic operations with the aid of optically active centers of catalysts comprising

摘要

Optically active compounds are prepared from optically inactive unsaturated hydrocarbons by reacting at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a catalyst prepared by combining a nickel compound, a Lewis acid and an optically active phosphine of the general formula PR'R''R''' in which R', R'' and R''' are hydrocarbon radicals, thereby forming optically active compounds having chiral centers formed by the carbon-to-carbon linkages. The optically active compounds can be polymerized to provide optically active polymers.