Please help with this one. What is the first step in the mechanism of the reaction of DIBAL-H with an ester?O A lone pair on the carbonyl oxygen attacks the aluminum atom of DIBAL-HA lone pair on the carboxyl oxygen is protonated.Electrons in the AlI-H bond of DIBAL-H attack the carbonyl carbonO The hydrogen atom in DIBAL-H attacks the carbonyl carbon

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What is the first step in the mechanism of the reaction of DIBAL-H with an ester?
O A lone pair on the carbonyl oxygen attacks the aluminum atom of DIBAL-H
A lone pair on the carboxyl oxygen is protonated.
Electrons in the AlI-H bond of DIBAL-H attack the carbonyl carbon
O The hydrogen atom in DIBAL-H attacks the carbonyl carbon

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