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Question 5

A carbonyl compound is reduced using sodium tetrahydridoborate(III), NaBH4\text{NaBH}_4NaBH4​, in aqueous solution.

Which of the following alcohols can be produced by this reaction?

I. 1-phenylpropan-1-ol II. 2-phenylpropan-2-ol III. 3-phenylpropan-1-ol

A

Only I and III

B

Only I and II

C

Only II and III

D

Only I

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Carbonyl compounds Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /Carbonyl compounds

10 exam-style questions on OCR A A Level Chemistry Carbonyl compounds. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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