The present invention relates to a production method of asymmetric compound (IV) which includes conjugately adding nucleophilic
reagent (III) to compound (II) in the presence of asymmetric
urea compound (I). The present invention provides a non-metallic asymmetric catalyst capable of realizing a highly stereoselective asymmetric conjugate
addition reaction in a high yield, and an advantageous production method of an asymmetric compound by an asymmetric conjugate
addition reaction using the asymmetric catalyst. wherein X is an
oxygen atom or a
sulfur atom; C*, C** and C*** are asymmetric carbons; R1, R2, R4, R5, R8, R9 and R10 are each a lower
alkyl group optionally having
substituent(s) and the like, or R4 and R5 and the like in combination optionally form a homocyclic ring optionally having
substituent(s) and the like; R3 is an
aryl group optionally having
substituent(s) and the like; R6 and R7 are each a
hydrogen atom and the like; Nu is —CR16 (COR17)(COR18) wherein R16, R17 and R18 are each a lower
alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) and the like, and the like; and EWG is an
electron withdrawing group.