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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

Cyclopent-2-en-1-one →(NaBH₄, EtOH) Product. The number of H-atoms in the product formed is .

Answer: 8

Solution

NaBH₄ selectively reduces the ketone carbonyl of the enone to an allylic alcohol, leaving the ring C=C double bond intact: cyclopent-2-en-1-one (C₅H₆O)

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