3.4.1 – Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Carbonyls

Learning Objectives: Chapter 3.4.1 – 3.4.3 (Reduction Reactions)

  1. Predict products, write reaction schemes, draw curved arrow mechanisms, and draw energy profile diagrams, including all intermediates and transition states, for the following reactions:
    1. Reduction of a carbonyl compound
    2. Reaction of a carbonyl with a Grignard reagent
  2. Understand the relationship between the curved arrow mechanism, energy profile diagram, and rate law for the addition reactions to carbonyl compounds
  3. Write a reaction scheme to show the formation of a Grignard reagent, and explain the change in polarity at carbon
  4. Understand the relationship between the curved arrow mechanism, energy profile diagram, and rate law for the addition reactions to carbonyl compounds.
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