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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