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(Solved): 1. 2-methylcyclohexanone can be reduced with NaBH4 to give the tertiary alcohol shown. Answer the f ...
1. 2-methylcyclohexanone can be reduced with to give the tertiary alcohol shown. Answer the following questions. a. Determine which face, or , was attacked. b. Determine the configuration at each chiral center. c. How many stereoisomers could form?
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1. a. The IUPAC name of the product formed is P) (1S,2R)-2-methyl cyclohexanol. So, the attack was from the Re