Diboron Reagents in Modern Reduction Chemistry: A Versatile Tool for Reduction of Various Functional Groups

Reduction of various organic functionality including aldehyde, ketone, nitro, imine, and alkyne has gained noteworthy attention due to its vast application of products in organic transformation reactions. To attempt hydrogenation several approaches have been reported by using molecular hydrogen as a reducing source. Besides, this diboron (tetrahydroxy diboron, bispinacolato diboron, neoglycolato diboron) has shown a promising and alternative approach for the reduction of the reducible functional group without using any molecular hydrogen. The ligand‐free reduction approach of commercially available diboron reduces the organic compound by using water or organic solvent and metal salt making it an attractive protocol in the recent era of reduction as well as hydrogenation. Herein, we provide an extensive and collective overview of the diboron‐mediated reduction approach of various organic compounds.