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Write the main product in the following reaction:
Write the main product in the following reaction:
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- Sodium borohydride (NaBH\(_4\)) is a selective reducing agent that reduces esters to alcohols.
- Hydrolysis of the intermediate gives the final alcohol and carboxylic acid.
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The main product of the reaction is the reduction of the ester to a primary alcohol. Sodium borohydride (NaBH\(_4\)) reduces the ester group to an alcohol. The product after hydrolysis is 3-phenylpropanol.
The ester is reduced to the corresponding alcohol (3-phenylpropanol), and the acetic acid is formed as a by-product after hydrolysis.
The ester is reduced to the corresponding alcohol (3-phenylpropanol), and the acetic acid is formed as a by-product after hydrolysis.
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