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MHT CET Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsMHT CET

Reduction of carboxylic acid gives

Answer: (B)

Solution

LiAlH4 reduces RCOOH to the primary alcohol RCH2OH; reduction never gives a secondary alcohol (a), LiAlH4

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