Question

commercially carboxylic
acids
are not reduced
to alcohols directly instead alcohols are
converting them to ester
following by their reduction. why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

It is due to use of poor reductive agent

Explanation:

If you use Lithium Aluminum Hydride then you will get direct Alcohol... Otherwise you have to convert them into ester following by their following reduction process

Answer 2

Although carboxylicacids are more difficult to reduce than already and ketones, these are several agents that accomplish this reduction, the most important being lithium aluminum hydride (LiAIH) and borane (BH). The product is a primary alcohol (RCOOH) RCHOH