Question

Ethanoic acid get reduced using LiAlH4 to give:
a) Ethanal
b) Ethanol
c) Ethanone
d) Ethane​

Answer 1

Ethyl alcohol

Explanation:

reduction of carboxylic acid or acetic acid by using LLiAlH to form 1 alcohol. The nucleophilic H from the hydride reagent adds to the electrophilic carbon in the polar carboxyl group of acetic acid.

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Answer 2

Ethanoic acid gets reduced using LiAlH4 to give ethanol.

• Ethanoic acid or commonly known as acetic acid when reacted with lithium aluminium hydride gets reduced to ethanol.
• The reaction is as follows-
• $CH_3COOH+LiAlH_4\rightarrow CH_3CH_2OH+H_2O$.
• In this reaction, the nucleophilic H from the lithium aluminium hydride reagent is added to the electrophilic carbon atom present in the polar carboxyl group of acetic acid.