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Organic Chemistry

What are different reducing agents? And what can they reduce to what? And what are they not able to reduce?

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Good reducing agents include the active metals, such as sodium, magnesium, aluminum, and zinc, which have relatively small ionization energies and low electro-negativities. Metal hydrides, such as NaH, CaH2, and LiAlH4, which formally contain the H- ion, are also good reducing agents.