Draw the structural formula of the principal organic product formed when ethyl benzoate is treated with lialh4, then h2o. you do not have to consider stereochemistry. you do not have to explicitly draw h atoms. do not include lone pairs in your answer. include counter-ions, e. g., na+, i-, in your submission, but draw them in their own separate sketcher. do not draw organic or inorganic by-products.

Phenylmethanol

Explanation:

In this case, we will have a reduction reaction. We go from an ester group to an alcohol. As the first step, an hydride is transferred from the LiAlH4 to the carbonyl group. Then the ethyl group leaves to form ethanol and an aldehyde that continues reacting with more LiAlH4.  Another hydride is transferred to the carbonyl group in this case producing an alcohol. (See figure)

vanderwaal's forces of attraction are the electrostatic intermolecular forces that exist in a molecule due to the temporary or permanent dipoles that are developed in a molecule. in , the major intermolecular forces are dipole-dipole interactions as the molecule is polar (bent structure). so the vanderwaal's forces of interaction in between molecules are the permanent dipole-dipole interactions that develop due to the dipole that exists in between the polar h - s bond. the positively charged hydrogen atom is attracted towards the negative end of the dipole that is sulfur of the adjacent molecule. therefore, these forces of attraction are relatively stronger than that of london dispersion forces that exist in non polar molecules.