Question

What are the organic products formed in the following reaction $C_{6}H_{5}COOCH_{3}$ $\overset{\left(\right. 1 \left.\right) \, L i A l H_{4}}{ \rightarrow }$

• A. $C_{6}H_{5}-OH$ $\&$ $CH_{3}-OH$
• B. $C_{6}H_{5}-CH_{3}$ $\&$ $CH_{3}-OH$
• C. $C_{6}H_{5}-CH_{2}-OH$ $\&$ $CH_{3}-OH$
• D. $C_{6}H_{5}-CH_{2}-OH$ $\&$ $CH_{4}$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Ester on reduction with $LAH$ gives alcohols. $PhCOOCH_{3}\overset{1 . \, L A H}{ \rightarrow }PhCH_{2}OH+CH_{3}OH$