Practice Problem: Reducing Agents

The video tutorial explains the reduction of a substrate with ketone and carboxylic acid groups using two reducing agents: sodium borohydride and lithium aluminum hydride. Sodium borohydride, a weaker reducing agent, can only reduce ketones and aldehydes, while lithium aluminum hydride, a stronger agent, can also reduce carboxylic acids and esters. The tutorial highlights the differences in reducing strength and the resulting products from each reaction.

What new insight or understanding did you gain from this video?