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Question of the Day
Which is the mildest reducing agent which reduces only carbonyl group in presence of nitro, carboxyl, double bond and ester groups?
NaBH
4
is mild reducing agent for this conversion. It is very effective for the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols. By itself, it will generally not reduce esters, carboxylic acids, or amides
LiAIH
4
Na-NH
3
NaBH
4
H
2
-Ni
BF
3
.Et
2
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