Hydrogenation of alkyl and aryl ketones using H2 is catalytically achieved in 18 examples using 5 mol % B(C6F5)3 in an ethereal solvent. In these cases the borane and ether behave as a frustrated Lewis pair to activate H2 and effect the reduction.
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