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Predict the products you would expect from the reaction of NaBH4 with the following
Chapter 10, Problem PROBLEM 10-24(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Predict the products you would expect from the reaction of NaBH4 with the following compounds. You may assume that these reactions take place in methanol as the solvent. (a) CH3 (CH2)8 CHO (b) (b) CH3CH2 C OCH3 O (c) PhCOOH (d) (d) O (e) O H (e) C O C O OCH3 (f) (f ) H O C O O
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QUESTION:
Predict the products you would expect from the reaction of NaBH4 with the following compounds. You may assume that these reactions take place in methanol as the solvent. (a) CH3 (CH2)8 CHO (b) (b) CH3CH2 C OCH3 O (c) PhCOOH (d) (d) O (e) O H (e) C O C O OCH3 (f) (f ) H O C O O
ANSWER:Step 1 of 6
(a)
The reaction of with given compound is shown below: