What is the product of the following reaction?

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What is the product of the following reaction?
NABH4
H.
CH3OH
он
OH
I3D
II
IV
Multiple Choice
Transcribed Image Text:What is the product of the following reaction? NABH4 H. CH3OH он OH I3D II IV Multiple Choice
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Step 1 Reduction

 

NaBH4 is a reducing agent, it reduce aldehyde into 1o alcohol, where methanol is a proton source, instead of methanol water also we can use for proton source

It is a two step mechanism

In the first step addition of Hydride nucleophile (H-) to the carbonyl group and gives an alkoxide ion, it is further protonated by methanol in second step

 

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