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| increase amount of bonds to H or decrease amount of bonds to O |
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| general mechanism for reduction |
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| 2 of the most common reducing agents |
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| extremely reactive such that it's incompatable with aqueous solvents and can catch fire |
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| the type of solvent that must be used with LAH |
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-safe and more mild
-can be used with aqueous solvents |
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| the reducing agent that will be used in this lab |
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| more specific mechanism for this lab |
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| adding it to the mixture too fast; if you do this, it'll fizz |
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| why LiAlH4 and NaBH4 can be used as reducing agents |
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| because they serve as a source of hydride anions (H-) |
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| which reducing agent is more powerful: LiAlH4 or NaBH4 |
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| mechanism for reduction using NaBH4 |
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| the rxn with NaBH4 continues happening until... |
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| all the hydride anions get transferred onto a carbonyl moiety |
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