Reaction Summary
Reagents
- Sodium tetrahydridoborate,
Conditions
- Aqueous/alcoholic solution, room temperature
Catalyst
- None
Chemical Equation
Equation
By-Products
- None
Observations
Observations
- No visible change (colourless liquid/solution throughout)
⚠️ 9701 Exam Notes / Pitfalls
Warning
- Cyclic ketones always reduce to cyclic secondary alcohols (cyclohexanone ➔ cyclohexanol).
in dry ether also works; is not the expected answer for C=O.