Principal Classes of Reducing Agents

Large-Scale Carbonyl Reductions in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Magano, J.; Dunetz, J. R. Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 1156-1184
Boron and Aluminum Hydride Reductions:
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.
Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Aldehydes by Reduction of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives with Metal Hydrides,
Cha, J. S. Org. Prep. & Proc. Int'l. 1989, 21, 451.
Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides in Organic Synthesis,
Seyden-Penne, J. VCH, 1991.
Selective Reduction of Organic Compounds with Aluminum and Boron Hydrides,
Yoon, N. M. Pure Appl. Chem. 1996, 68, 843-8.
Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides in Organic Synthesis,
2nd ed. Wiley: New York, 1997.
Hydroalumination Reactions in Organic Chemistry
Roesky, H. W. Aldrichim. Acta 2004, 37, 103-8.
Asymmetric Boron and Aluminum 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,
Midland, M. M. Chem. Rev. 1989, 89, 1553.
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.
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.
Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration:
Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroboration,
Ruffing, C. J. Aldrichim. Acta 1989, 22, 80.
Transition-Metal-Promoted Hydroborations of Alkenes,
Burgess, K.; Ohlmeyer, M. J. Chem. Rev. 1991, 91, 1179.
Hydroborations Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes,
Beletskaya, I.; Pelter, A. Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 4957-5026.