Consider the reduction of (R)-3-phenyl-2-pentanone by sodium borohydride. After the reduction is complete, the mixture is separated

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Consider the reduction of (R)-3-phenyl-2-pentanone by sodium borohydride. After the reduction is complete, the mixture is separated by chromatography into two fractions. These fractions contain isomeric compounds, and each isomer is optically active. What are these two isomers and what is the stereoisomeric relationship between them?
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118133576

11th edition

Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder

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