Draw the major organic product you would expect to isolate from the reaction of 3-ethyl-5-methyl-4- oxohexanoic acid with a complex of borane with THE followed by H3O+H3O+.

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Draw the major organic product you would expect
to isolate from the reaction of 3-ethyl-5-methyl-4-
oxohexanoic acid with a complex of borane with
THE followed by H3O+H3O+.
Transcribed Image Text:Draw the major organic product you would expect to isolate from the reaction of 3-ethyl-5-methyl-4- oxohexanoic acid with a complex of borane with THE followed by H3O+H3O+.
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