Practice Reduction (8.4.2) - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

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Question 1.
What does sodium borohydride reduce aldehydes to?
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Think about the type of alcohol based on the carbon count.
Question 2.
What is the product of reducing ketones with lithium aluminium hydride?
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Remember, ketones yield alcohols with one less carbon attached.
3Question 3.
What does NaBH4 reduce?
- Aldehydes to primary alcohols
- Ketones to primary alcohols
- Both of the above
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Think about the types of functional groups it can handle.
4Question 4.
True or False: Wolff-Kishner Reduction uses zinc.
- True
- False
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Recall the specific reagents for each reduction method.
Question 5.
Design an experiment to reduce acetophenone using both NaBH4 and LiAlH4. What would you expect the outcomes of each reaction to be?
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Consider the reactivity of each reagent and the structure of acetophenone.
Question 6.
Discuss how environmental factors (temperature, solvent) might affect the Wolff-Kishner reduction process.
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Recall the importance of conditions in organic synthesis.

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