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Acid chlorides are reduced by lithium aluminium hydride to give (after aqueous work-up) primary alcohols.

Generic Organic reaction

RCOCl
  +  
LiAlH4
  +  
         
RCH2OH
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Acid chloride (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Lithium aluminium hydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Diethylether Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
1° Alcohol (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ease of Reduction of Organic FGs by Lithal
Functional Group Interconvertion
Multistep: LA/B mechanism
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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