Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, NaBH(OAc)3, is a mild reducing agent that reduces aldehydesmuch more quickly than ketones. It can be used to reduce aldehydes in the presence of ketones,such as in the following reaction:CH3 C CH2O OC H CH3 C CH2OCH2OHNaBH(OAc)3CH3COOH(a) Draw a complete Lewis structure for sodium triacetoxyborohydride.(b) Propose a mechanism for the reduction of an aldehyde by sodium triacetoxyborohydride
Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, NaBH(OAc)3, is a mild reducing agent that reduces aldehydesmuch more quickly than ketones. It can be used to reduce aldehydes in the presence of ketones,such as in the following reaction:CH3 C CH2O OC H CH3 C CH2OCH2OHNaBH(OAc)3CH3COOH(a) Draw a complete Lewis structure for sodium triacetoxyborohydride.(b) Propose a mechanism for the reduction of an aldehyde by sodium triacetoxyborohydride
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Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, NaBH(OAc)3, is a mild reducing agent that reduces
much more quickly than
such as in the following reaction:
CH3 C CH2
O O
C H CH3 C CH2
O
CH2
OH
NaBH(OAc)3
CH3COOH
(a) Draw a complete Lewis structure for sodium triacetoxyborohydride.
(b) Propose a mechanism for the reduction of an aldehyde by sodium triacetoxyborohydride
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