8.4.2 - Reduction
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What does sodium borohydride reduce aldehydes to?
💡 Hint: Think about the type of alcohol based on the carbon count.
What is the product of reducing ketones with lithium aluminium hydride?
💡 Hint: Remember, ketones yield alcohols with one less carbon attached.
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What does NaBH4 reduce?
💡 Hint: Think about the types of functional groups it can handle.
True or False: Wolff-Kishner Reduction uses zinc.
💡 Hint: Recall the specific reagents for each reduction method.
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Design an experiment to reduce acetophenone using both NaBH4 and LiAlH4. What would you expect the outcomes of each reaction to be?
💡 Hint: Consider the reactivity of each reagent and the structure of acetophenone.
Discuss how environmental factors (temperature, solvent) might affect the Wolff-Kishner reduction process.
💡 Hint: Recall the importance of conditions in organic synthesis.
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