On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 beardra@plu.edu wrote:
> Bryan,
> lithium aluminum hydride is able to reduce acids, esters,
> aldehydes, and ketones, while sodium borohydride is only able to reduce
> aldehydes and ketones. I am not sure where in the book it would be found,
> somewhere in chapter 11, there is a table. Lithium aluminium hydride is a
> stronger reducing reagent than borohydride, which is why it reacts with
> more compounds.
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 powellbr@plu.edu wrote:
>
> > I am having trouble discerning between the effects of lithium
> > aluminum hydride and sodium borohydride. Could someone please elucidate
> > this for me? Thanks.
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> >
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