Table of Contents

Sixty Years of Hydride Reductions ; New Developments in Chiral Ruthenium (II) Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Synthetic Applications ; Tartrate-Derived Ligands for the Enantioselective LiAIH[4 Reduction of Ketones: A Comparison of TADDOLates and BINOLates ; Electrophilic Assistance in the Reduction of Six-Membered Cyclic Ketones by Alumino- and Borohydrides ; Recent Advances in Asymmetric Reductions with B-Chlorodiisopinocampheylborane ; The Practical Enantioselective Reduction of Prochiral Ketones ; Diphenyloxazaborolidine for Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones ; Diastereo- and Enantioselective Hydride Reductions of Ketone Phosphinyl Imines to Phosphinyl Amines: Synthesis of Protected Amines and Amino Acids ; Remote Acyclic Diastereocontrol in Hydride Reductions of 1,n-Hydroxy Ketones ; Synthesis, Characterization, and Synthetic Utility of Lithium Aminoborohydrides: A New Class of Powerful, Selective, Air-Stable Reducing Agents ; Sodium Borohydride and Carboxylic Acids: A Novel Reagent Combination ; Use of Sodium Triacetoxyborohydride in Reductive Amination of Ketones and Aldehydes

Reviews

"In its 12 chapters, the book Reductions in Organic Synthesis, Recent Advances and Practical Applications discusses different aspects of reduction, written by accomplished researchers with extensive records in their fields. The authors were selected to present readers with diverse experiences from the United States and Europe and to cover both academic or [sic] industrial research. The chapters cover topics on boron- and aluminium-based [sic] hydride reagents, along with catalytic hydrogenation reduction procedures. . . . The book is a real help to professional synthetic organic chemists in industry and academic institutions as well as to graduate students. It provides a reference for current topics of reduction and may be used as an educational tool."--Cellulose Chemistry and Technology