“…[1] Among them, reduction of carboxamides, commonly mediated by metal hydrides,i so ne of the most frequently used processes that potentially delivers three possible products:a ldehydes,a lcohols,a nd amines (Scheme 1A). [2,3] Aldehydes are synthesized when the tetrahedral anionic carbinol amine intermediates I,f ormed by the first hydride transfer, are kept intact prior to the aqueous quench. In contrast, alcohols or amines could be formed when I fragments through either CÀNo rC ÀOb ond scission, respectively,a nd the resulting aldehydes or imine/iminium intermediates are reduced by the second hydride.Atpresent, the state-of-the-art approaches for reduction of amides to alcohols are catalytic hydrogenation by well-defined pincer complexes,b ased on Ru, Fe,a nd Mn, under ah ighly pressurized H 2 atmosphere, [4] whereas those for the production of amines are facilitated by either hydrosilylation [5] with various metals [6] or organoboranes [7] as catalysts or electrophilic activation of amides with triflic anhydride.…”