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Acetone is reduced with in ethanol. The organic product is

  1. Apropanal
  2. Bpropan-1-ol
  3. Cpropane
  4. Dpropan-2-ol

Answer: D

delivers hydride to the carbonyl carbon of a ketone, and protonation gives the secondary alcohol. Acetone therefore gives .
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