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Reduction with Na/EtOH
The reduction method using absolute ethanol and sodium metal is a named reaction called Bouveault–Blanc reduction, which is a chemical reaction used to reduce organic ester to corresponding primary ...
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Reduction with Na/EtOH
Acid chloride in the presence of EtOH is going to generate ethyl esters, however it is well established that esters are reduced by sodium metal/EtOH so overall you will get reduction of the acyl ...
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Can Zn dust remove an alcoholic groups from any alcohols?
No, not in any synthetically useful way
It has been observed here that the reaction of zinc powder with aliphatic alcohols at $\pu{330^\circ C}$ under solvothermal conditions produces $\ce{ZnO}$ ...
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