Question

There is a structure of a benzene ring with a –CH2CHO group attached. The –O atom of the –CH2CHO group is attached by a double bond.

Draw the condensed structural or line-angle formula for the alcohol produced when hydrogen and a nickel catalyst reduce each of the following.

Answer 1

If I generalise it, a reduction of an aldehyde leads to a primary alcohol. You have phenylacetaldehyde, so the alcohol would be 2-phenylethanol.