10.4.3 - Common Reducing Agents
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What is a reducing agent?
💡 Hint: Think about what is added to a compound during reduction.
Name one example of a reducing agent used for hydrogenation.
💡 Hint: Consider the element that hydrogenation involves.
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What does a reducing agent do?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in a reduction reaction.
True or False: Sodium Borohydride can reduce carboxylic acids efficiently.
💡 Hint: Consider the properties of the reducing agent.
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Predict the product of the hydrogenation of 1-butene using H2 and a nickel catalyst.
💡 Hint: Consider breaking the double bond.
Explain why LiAlH4 is not used in reactions where water is present.
💡 Hint: Think about the reactivity of the reducing agent.
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