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Draw the alcohol that is the product of the reduction of 3-methylpentanal
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Draw the alcohol that is the product of the reduction of 3-methylpentanal

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Reduction is process carried out in a presence of reducing agent like hydrogen. Hydrogen is added to carbon adjacent to oxygen leding to formation of 3- methypentan-1-ol that is -CHO funtional group is reduced to OH functional group. 3-methylpentan-1-ol open structure is therefore
CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH2OH
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