A slightly different way would be to make the mesylate or tosylate and then displace with KBr in a polar aprotic solvent like acetonitrile. Reply Alexis Espinoza says: February 25, 2016 at 4:21 pm What is the difference between the reduction of aldehydes between NaBH4 and LiAlH4? Repl...
Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) is a strong reducing agent similar to, but stronger than, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) Like NaBH4, lithium aluminum hydride will reduce aldehydes and ketones to alcohols. Unlike NaBH4, it will also reduce carboxylic acids, esters, lactones, acid halides and anhydrid...