Back to Chapters•Formula Cards/Chemistry

NEET • Chemistry

Reduction

10 revision cards

1 / 10

comparison

LiAlH4 Reduction Map

The source lists LiAlH4 reductions across carbonyls and carboxylic acid derivatives.

Starting group	Product
$R-CHO$	$RCH_2OH$
$R-C(=O)-R$	$R-CH(OH)-R$
$RCOOH$	$R-CH_2OH$
$R-C(=O)-O-C(=O)-R$	$2R-CH_2OH$
$R-C(=O)-OR'$	$RCH_2OH+R'OH$
$R-C(=O)-NH_2$	$R-CH_2NH_2$
$R-C(=O)-Cl$	$R-CH_2OH$
$R-CN$	$R-CH_2NH_2$

reduction ladder

Notes

$C=C/C{\equiv}C$ gives no reaction under the listed LiAlH4 map.