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| aldehyde/ketone to alcohol |
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| carboxylic acid/ester to alcohol |
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| BH3/THF for COOH, LiAlH4 for both, replaces OH and OR with H (OR becomes ROH) |
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| carbonyl and grignard to alcohol |
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Definition
RMgX, RLi, THF, ether
replaces the OR on the ketone and saturates it |
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| any alkyl, aryl, alkene halide but no acidic H allowed |
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| (1st/2nd/E2) use POCl2 to convert OH into leaving group OPOCl2, (3rd) use acid, pyridine is base |
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Term
| oxidation of alcohol to form carbonyl |
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Definition
| PCC for making aldehyde 1st, Jones/KMnO4/Na2Cr2O7 for making COOH 1st, any of above for 2nd to make ketone, no 3rd |
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