REPORT FORM: STEREOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF 4-tert-BUTYLCYCLOHEXANONE Balanced Equation for Main Reaction: Equation(s) for Important Side Reaction(s): compound MW mg or mL mmol 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone sodium borohydride 4-tert-butylcyclohexanols Indicate the limiting reactant with an asterisk (*). Product Theoretical yield: g Experimental yield: g Percent yield: %

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in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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