Question

Explain chemoselectivity in oxidation with example

Answer 1

Explanation:

Example of Chemoselectivity

Consider the reaction of a compound containing a ketone and an ester with sodium borohydride (a reagent that reduces carbon-oxygen double bonds). It turns out that sodium borohydride will only react with aldehydes and ketones, not with esters.

Answer 2

Chemoselectivity. Chemoselectivity is the preferential outcome of a chemical reaction over a set of possible alternative reactions. ... Examples include the selective organic reduction of the greater relative chemoselectivity of sodium borohydride reduction versus lithium aluminium hydride reduction.