Reduction
Propanal is reduced to propan-1-ol.
- Reagents
- NaBH4
- Conditions
- Suitable aqueous or alcoholic medium; aqueous work-up
- Reaction class
- Reduction
- Equation
- CH3CH2CHO + 2[H] -> CH3CH2CH2OH
Overview
Propanal is reduced to propan-1-ol.
Transformation
- Equation
- CH3CH2CHO + 2[H] -> CH3CH2CH2OH
- Reagents
- NaBH4
- Environment
- Suitable aqueous or alcoholic medium; aqueous work-up
- Reaction class
- Reduction
- Mechanism
- hydride addition to carbonyl
- Evidence level
- source-backed molecular example
Scope and limitations
- Scope
- Structure-specific simple-aldehyde example.
- Limitations
- [H] denotes reducing equivalents.
Related reactions
- Oxidation: Propanal → Propanoic acid
Propanal is oxidised to propanoic acid.
- Partial oxidation: Propan-1-ol → Propanal
Propan-1-ol is oxidised to propanal.
- Oxidation: Propan-1-ol → Propanoic acid
Propan-1-ol is oxidised to propanoic acid.
References
- Reduction of aldehydes and ketonesJim Clark · Chemguide · 2015
Named molecular examples and reaction scope, checked 2026-09-08.