Chemoselective reduction of aldehydes and ketones by potassium diisobutyl-t-butoxy aluminum hydride (PDBBA)

Highly Selective Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds and O‐Acetylation of Arylalcohols in the Presence of a Nickel Ion‐Containing 1,4‐Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO)‐Based Ionic Liquid

“…Also the reaction of LiAlH 4 with water is so exothermic that it is not able to use in simple reductions. On the other hand, although NaBH 4 , as a low cost and readily available reagent, can be used under milder conditions with higher selectivity in different media such as protic solvents, [3,[6][7][8][9][10][11] but its reducing ability need to be enhanced in the presence of a catalyst. Reduction of aldehydes and ketones is very important due to the irreplaceable role of alcohols in the pharmaceutical and food industries and also other areas of life.…”

Acrolein-free synthesis of polyacrolein derivatives via the chemo-selective reduction of polyacrylates

“…In this context, we have turned our attention to the recent developments in chemo-selective partial reduction of esters. [16][17][18][19] Provided that esters can be used as a precursor, polyacrylates can be considered as a starting polymer for acrolein-featuring polymers. This would be crucially important because polyacrylates are commercially available and numerous living/ controlled polymerization techniques are available for polyacrylate synthesis.…”

Chemoselective Reduction of Fenofibric Acid to Alcohol in the Presence of Ketone by Mixed Anhydride and Sodium Borohydride

“…Several reagents have been developed for this purpose, such as LiAlH4, NaBH4, and DIBAL-H, Red-Al, and other combinations [ 1 ]–[ 7 ]. There are reports of selective reduction of aldehydes in presence of other carbonyl compounds including ketones leading to atom economy and overall yield improvement [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ].…”