Question

Bouveault-Blanc reduction reaction involves:

• A. Reduction of an acyl halide with $H_2/Pd.$
• B. Reduction of an anhydride with $LiAl{H}_4$
• C. Reduction of an ester with $Na/C_2{H}_{5}OH$ .
• D. Reduction of a carbonyl compound with Na/Hg and HCl

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Bouveault-Blanc reduction involves reduction of an pure impure carbonyl

into alcohol and $\text{R}-\text{C}\equiv \text{N}$ into $\text{R}-{\text{CH}}_{\text{2}}-{\text{NH}}_{\text{2}}$ by $\text{Na}/{\text{C}}_{\text{2}}{\text{H}}_{\text{5}}\text{OH}$