Boron Hydrides as Reducing Reagents

  

Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Ketone Reduction by Hydride Reagents,
   D. C. Wigfield, Tetrahedron 1979, 35, 449.
Forty Years of Hydride Reductions,
   H. C. Brown and S. Krishnamurthy, Tetrahedron 1979, 35, 567.
Reductions by Metal Alkoxyaluminum Hydrides,
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Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Aldehydes by Reduction of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives with Metal Hydrides,
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Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides in Organic Synthesis,
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Selective Reduction of Organic Compounds with Aluminum and Boron Hydrides,
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Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides in Organic Synthesis,
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Sodium Cyanoborohydride — A Highly Selective Reducing Agent for Organic Functional Groups,
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Zinc borohydride — a reducing agent with high potential,
   Ranu, B. C. Synlett, 1993, 885.
Synthetic Applications of Zinc Borohydride,
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Sodium Borohydride in CarboxylicAcid Media: A Phenomenal Reduction System,
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Enantioselective Reductions by Chirally Modified Alumino- and Borohydrides,
   Daverio, P.; Zanda, M. Tetrahedron Assym. 2001, 12, 2225-59.
Boron-Based Reducing Agents for the Asymmetrical Reduction of Functionalized Ketones and Ketimines,
   Cho, B. T. Aldrichim. Acta 2002, 35, 3-16.

Asymmetric Boron Hydride Reductions:
Asymmetric Synthesis via Chiral Organoborane Reagents,
  H. C. Brown, P. K. Jadhav and A. K. Mandal, Tetrahedron 1981, 37, 3547.
Reduction with Chiral Boron Reagents,
   M. M. Midland in "Asymmetric Synthesis" Vol. 2, J. D. Morrison, Ed., Academic Press, 1983.
Asymmetric Reductions with Organoborane Reagents,
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Asymmetric Reduction with Chiral Organoboranes Based on α-Pinene,
   Brown, H. C.; Ramachandran, P. V. Acc. Chem. Res. 1992, 25, 16.
Practical and Useful Methods for the Enantioselective Reduction of Unsymmetrical Ketones,
   Singh, V. K. Synthesis 1992, 605.
Diisopinocamphenylchloroborane, (DIP-Chloride), an Excellent Chiral Reducing Reagent for the Synthesis of Secondary Alcohols of High Enantiomeric Purity,
   Dhar, R. K. Aldrichimica Acta, 1994, 27, 43-51.
Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones,
   Itsuno, S. Org. React. 1998, 52, 395-576.
Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds with Chiral Oxazaborolidine Catalysts: A New Paradigm for Enantioselective Catalysis and a Powerful New Synthetic Method,
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