Diphenylsilane, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

General References:

1. John L. Speier,; Ruth Zimmerman,; James Webster. The Addition of Silicon Hydrides to Olefinic Double Bonds. Part I. The Use of Phenylsilane, Diphenylsilane, Phenylmethylsilane, Amylsilane and Tribromosilane. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78 (10), 2278-2281.
2. Lone Nielsen and Troels Skrydstrup. Lone Nielsen and Troels Skrydstrup. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130 (39), 13145-13151.
3. Protection of diols as diphenylsilylenes can be effected in the presence of CsF: J. Organomet. Chem., 282, 155 (1985). See Diphenyl dichlorosilane, A12051, and Appendix 4.
4. Reducing agent used in combination with F^- or other catalyst.
5. CsF promotes the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols: J. Organomet. Chem., 148, C1 (1978); 172, 143 (1979). Esters can be reduced at elevated temperatures: Synthesis, 558 (1981). Aldehydes and ketones are also reduced in the presence of TBAF: J. Org. Chem., 53, 5415 (1988).
6. In the presence of Tetrakis(triphenyl phosphine) palladium(0) , 10548, effects the reductive cleavage of allylic acetates: J. Org. Chem., 48, 3545 (1983). With the same catalyst and a Lewis acid such as zinc chloride, ɑß-unsaturated aldehydes, ketones and esters are reduced to their saturated counterparts: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 108, 7314 (1986).
7. In combination with an equivalent of Titanium(IV) isopropoxide, A13703, a mild, one-pot reduction of tertiary amides to aldehydes can be accomplished in high yield. The initial product is the enamine which can be readily hydrolyzed in situ to the aldehyde: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 35, 1515 (1996):