In the method for producing an optically active 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative of the present invention, an optically active 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative represented by the following formula (3) is produced by the step of: preparing solution A containing 2,3-dihalogenopyrazine represented by the following formula (1)
and a carboxylic acid amide coordinating solvent, lithiating an optically active R- or S-isomer of a hydrogen-phosphine borane compound represented by the following formula (2)
to give a lithiated phosphine borane compound; adding solution B containing the lithiated phosphine borane compound to the solution A to perform an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction; and then performing a deboranation reaction.
(For symbols in the formulas, see the description.)