What is the final product when ethyl acetate () is treated with a strong excess of followed by hydro — Alcohols Phenols and Ethers Chemistry Question

💡 Solution & Explanation

$LiAlH_4$ completely reduces the ester group. The acyl part ($CH_3CO-$) reduces to ethanol ($CH_3CH_2OH$), and the alkoxy leaving group ($-OCH_2CH_3$) is released as a second molecule of ethanol.