Consider the options below and enter the number that best satisfies the boldface

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Consider the options below and enter the number that best satisfies the boldfaced statement on your answer sheet. Enter 1 if the first option applies, 2 if the second option applies, “N” if NEITHER option applies, or “B” if BOTH options apply
Please be careful when answering these questions because they are meant to be abnormally hard and trick you. Sodium metal introduced to benzophenone produces a colored indicator for solvent purity by creating a Radical cation vs Radical anion NaBH4 NAD is Nature's m) PCC VS NaH More nucleophilic n) NaBH vs

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I) Radical anion is the answer i.e 1. It will give a blue colored solution.
m) NAD+ / NADH is nature's NaBH4 , NAD+ is one of the oxidizing agent in the nature.
So, option 2 is the answer.
n) NaH is very good base which results in reduction reaction as expected while NaBH4 is a good nucleophile
Therefore NaBH4 is more nucleophilic, i.e) 1

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