MyQuestionIcon

10

You visited us 10 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Physical Properties of Alkenes

Give the expe...

Question

Give the expected reduced product from the reaction of $C H_{3} C O C H_{2} C O O H$ with $L i A l H_{4}$ .

Open in App

Solution

Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) is a strong reducing agent. It will reduce almost any C=O containing functional group to an alcohol.Hence it reduces both, the carbonyl bond and the carboxylic group. Thus, the product is :

$C H_{3} C H (O H) C H_{2} C H_{2} O H$ .

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. Give the expected reduced product from the reaction of

p - O_{2} N - C_{6} H_{4} C H O

L i A l H_{4}

Q. The reaction of

C_{6} H_{5} C H = C H C H O

L i A l H_{4}

Q. Give IUPAC name of the expected product in the following reactions.

Q. Match the reactions from column I with the expected products from column II

Q. What product, or products, would you expect from the given reaction? Name the mechanism (

S_{N} 1

S_{N} 2

) that gives each product(s).

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

Alkenes - Physical Properties

CHEMISTRY

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Physical Properties of Alkenes

Standard XII Chemistry

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon