Question

What is product formed, when the following aldehyde undergoes reduction?
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Answer 1

✪ Answer ✪

LiAlH$_4$ is a strong reducing agent. So, it will reduce aldehyde into alcohol.

Thus, your answer will be option (A).

✪ More to know ✪

• Here, using NaBH$_4$ instead of LiAlH$_4$ will also give the same result.
• Again, our answer would be same is carboxylic acid was present in the question instead of aldehyde as LiAlH$_4$ is a strong reducing agent.
• Weak reducing agents reduces aldehyde to alcohol but can not reduce carboxylic acid to alcohol. Carboxylic acid will get reduced to aldehyde.