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Using Hydrogen as a Nucleophile in Reductions by adwadamwi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Hydride reagents reduce carbonyl and carboxyl groups by delivering hydride ions that attack the electrophilic carbon atom. 2) More reactive hydride reagents like lithium aluminum hydride fully reduce carboxyl groups to primary alcohols, while modified reagents can reduce to aldehydes. 3) Carbonyl groups can be reduced to either alcohols or aldehydes depending on the reagent, but carboxyl groups only form primary alcohols.
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