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Chemicals

Reducing Agents

ADH

Alcohol dehydrogenase

Boranes

Catecholborane

Copper hydride

Copper (low valent)

Chromium (low valent)

Decaborane

DIBAL-H

Diborane

Diethyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate

Diisobutylaluminium hydride

Dimethylsulfide borane

DMSB

Fe

Formaldehyde

Formic acid

Hantzsch Ester

Hydrazine

Hydrogen

Indium (low valent)

Iron

Isopropanol

LAH

Lithium

Lithium aluminum hydride

Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate

Magnesium

Manganese

3-Mercaptopropionic acid

3-MPA

Neodymium (low valent)

Nickel

Nickel borohydride

Niobium (low valent)

Phenylsilane

PMHS

Polymethylhydrosiloxane

Potassium

2-Propanol

Red-Al

Rongalite

Samarium (low valent)

Silanes

Sodium

Sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminumhydride

Sodium borohydride

Sodium cyanoborohydride

Sodium dithionite

Sodium hydrosulfite

Sodium hydroxymethanesulfinate

Sodium tetrahydroborate

Sodium triacetoxyborohydride

Strontium

Tetramethyldisiloxane

Tin hydrides

Titanium (low valent)

TMDSO

Tributylstannane

Tributyltin hydride

Trichlorosilane

Triethylphosphine

Triphenylphosphine

Triphenylphosphite

Triethylsilane

Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane

TTMSS

Zinc