Zinc borohydride is often used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis, and its reducing ability is comparable to that of lithium aluminum hydride, and its selectivity is good. It can selectively reduce aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, imines, nitriles, epoxy compounds, alkenes (alkynes), etc., and has good stereoselectivity for chiral molecules. Because the ether solution of zinc borohydride is neutral, it is very suitable for substrates containing base-sensitive functional groups such as cyano, ester, γ-lactone, etc. In addition, when saturated ketones and α,β-unsaturated ketones coexist, the reduction of saturated ketones can be preferentially achieved selectively.
Reduction Reaction Zinc Borohydride
