Can acid be reduced by LiAlH4?
Can acid be reduced by LiAlH4? LiAlH4 is a strong, unselective reducing agent for polar double bonds, most easily thought of as a source of H-. It will reduce aldehydes, ketones, esters, carboxylic acid chlorides, carboxylic acids and even carboxylate salts to alcohols. How many hydrides from LiAlH4 are required to reduce a carboxylic acid? […]