Problem- aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to alchohols


Problem- Aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to alchohols using hydrogen gas and a metal catalyst. Suggest two reasons why the use of sodium borohydride is preferred over the catalytic hydrogenation in order to prepare diphenylmethanol from benzophenone.

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Chemistry: Problem- aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to alchohols
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