Reducing Agent - Common Reducing Agents

Common Reducing Agents

  • Lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4)
  • Nascent (atomic) hydrogen
  • Sodium amalgam
  • Sodium borohydride (NaBH4)
  • Compounds containing the Sn2+ ion, such as tin(II) chloride
  • Sulfite compounds
  • Hydrazine (Wolff-Kishner reduction)
  • Zinc-mercury amalgam (Zn(Hg)) (Clemmensen reduction)
  • Diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBAL-H)
  • Lindlar catalyst
  • Oxalic acid (C2H2O4)
  • Formic acid (HCOOH)
  • Ascorbic acid (C6H8O6)
  • Phosphites, hypophosphites, and phosphorous acid
  • Dithiothreitol (DTT) – used in biochemistry labs to avoid S-S bonds
  • Compounds containing the Fe2+ ion, such as iron(II) sulfate

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