In order to prepare 1-butanol from butanoic acid, you must simply reduce the carbonyl group to the alkane. This can be done readily using either BH3/THF/H3O+ or LiAlH4.

In order to prepare 1-butanol from butanoic acid, you must simply reduce the carbonyl group to the alkane. This can be done readily using either BH3/THF/H3O+ or LiAlH4.

In order to prepare 1-butanol from butanoic acid, you must simply reduce the carbonyl group to the alkane. This can be done readily using either BH3/THF/H3O+ or LiAlH4.
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Carboxylic Acids: Synthesis

Suggest a synthetic scheme for the conversion shown on the left using the starting materials shown below. Work each problem backwards, and draw the structures of the intermediates required for the conversion, and the reaction conditions necessary for each step.