Borohydride reductions of aldehydes and ketones can also be accomplished using zinc borohydride, Zn(BH 4 )2. Consider the ketoester shown below. In theory, what is the minimum mass of Zn(BH 4 ) 2 required to fully reduce 9.32 g of the ketoester above?
Borohydride reductions of aldehydes and ketones can also be accomplished using zinc borohydride, Zn(BH 4 )2. Consider the ketoester shown below. In theory, what is the minimum mass of Zn(BH 4 ) 2 required to fully reduce 9.32 g of the ketoester above?
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using zinc borohydride, Zn(BH 4 )2. Consider the ketoester shown below.
In theory, what is the minimum mass of Zn(BH 4 ) 2 required to fully reduce
9.32 g of the ketoester above?
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