“…In order to resolve the isometric problem, it is necessary to transform the C N double bond to a C-N single bond through use of a reducing agent. Various kinds of reducing agents, such as sodium cyanohydridoborate (NaBH 3 CN) [59,60], sodium triacetoxyborohydride (Na(OAc) 3 BH) [61][62][63][64][65], pyridine-borane (pyr-BH 3 ) [66][67][68], titanium(IV) isopropoxide/sodium borohydride (Ti(Oi-Pr) 4 /NaBH 4 ) [69][70][71][72], borohydride exchange resin [73], zinc borohydride/silica gel (Zn(BH 4 ) 2 /SiO 2 ) [74], and phenylsilane/dibutyltin dichloride (PhSiH 4 /Bu 2 SnCl 2 ) [75] have been developed for this conversion. The choice of the reducing agent is very critical to the success of the reaction, since the reducing agent must reduce imines selectively.…”