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Q.The product of following reaction is CH3−CH=CH−CH2−CHO→ii) H3O+i) LiAlH4‾CH_3-CH=CH-CH_2-CHO \xrightarrow[\text{ii) }H_3O^+]{\text{i) }LiAlH_4} \underline{\hspace{1cm}}?

(a) CH3−CH2−CH2−CH2−CH2−OHCH_3-CH_2-CH_2-CH_2-CH_2-OH
(b) CH3−CH=CH−CH2−CH2−OHCH_3-CH=CH-CH_2-CH_2-OH
(c) CH3−CH2−CH2−CH2−COOHCH_3-CH_2-CH_2-CH_2-COOH
(d) CH3−CH=CH−CH2−COOHCH_3-CH=CH-CH_2-COOH
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LiAlH4LiAlH_4 selectively reduces the −CHO-CHO group to −CH2OH-CH_2OH without touching the isolated C=C double bond.

LiAlH4LiAlH_4 is a powerful nucleophilic hydride reducing agent that reduces carbonyl groups (aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters) to alcohols, but it does not reduce isolated carbon-carbon double bonds. In CH3−CH=CH−CH2−CHOCH_3-CH=CH-CH_2-CHO, only the aldehyde −CHO-CHO is reduced (to −CH2OH-CH_2OH, after aqueous work-up with H3O+H_3O^+) …

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