Bhatnagar Rishabh Sushil
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
they cant reduce alkenes into alkanes because in a c=c there is no nucleophilic nature the H- ion needs a positive carbon to attack like in a functional group with oxygen the carbon has a slight possitive charge.
though LiAlH4 has been reported to reduce double bonds in resonance conjugation with a phenyl ring and a carbonyl group as in cinnamic acid.
LiAlH4 is stronger reducing agent than NaBH4 so it can reduce esters and cyclic esters too but NaBH4 cant