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Esters are reduced to a pair of alcohols by lithium aluminium hydride.

Generic Organic reaction
  +  
LiAlH4
         
RCH2OH
  +  
R–OH
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Ester (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Lithium aluminium hydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
1° Alcohol (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Alcohol (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ease of Reduction of Organic FGs by Lithal
Functional Group Interconvertion
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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