“…Boric acid,3h ( i‐ Bu) 2 AlH,3i alkaline earth metal amides,3j,k LiBr/Et 3 N,3l NaH,3b,m,n Grignard reagents in combination with thiolates,3o, selenide ions,3p transition metal complexes based on Fe,4a,b Ru,4c–h Rh,4i–k Os,4l Ir,4m,n Ni,4o,p Zr,4q Hf4q and lanthanide complexes,5a–g particularly lanthanide amides,5b–e and organoactinide complexes5h,i have also been employed for this reaction. Quite recently, this disproportionation reaction between two different selected aldehydes could be accomplished to a certain extent 1f,4p. However, many of these auxiliaries are toxic, not commercially available or expensive, suffer from low reaction rates, require high catalyst loadings, are air‐ and moisture‐sensitive, undergo side reactions, react sluggishly and are inefficient for heteroaromatic aldehydes, which are known to be difficult to disproportionate to esters 3n,7…”