Mulcahy, Seann P.2011-10-112011-10-112011-10-11https://hdl.handle.net/2144/1494A simple experiment to demonstrate nucleophilic addition to a carbonyl. Sodium borohydride-mediated reduction of fluorenone is a fast and high-yielding reaction that is suitable for beginning students. Students isolate their fluorenol product by recrystallization and characterize it by NMR and IR.en-USAttribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unportedhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Sodium borohydrideFluorenoneFluorenolRecrystallizationRate analysisReduction of a ketoneThin Layer Chromatography (TLC)Nucleophilic addition to carbonylInfrared spectroscopy (IR)Other