Question
Question: What is the product of the following reaction? ...
What is the product of the following reaction?
A
A ID: 2025075891
B
B ID: 2025075891
C
C ID: 2025075891
D
D ID: 2025075891
Answer
B
Explanation
Solution
The reactant is hex-5-en-2-one, which contains a ketone group and an isolated alkene. LiAlH₄ is a strong reducing agent that reduces ketones to secondary alcohols but does not reduce isolated carbon-carbon double bonds. Therefore, only the ketone group at C2 will be reduced to a hydroxyl group, while the alkene at C5-C6 will remain unchanged. The product is hex-5-en-2-ol.