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Physical Properties of Alkenes

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

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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 :

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

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