During World War I, Britain faced a catastrophic acetone shortage needed to manufacture cordite. Chaim Weizmann isolated Clostridium acetobutylicum, which ferments starch into acetone, butanol, and ethanol (the ABE process). His process supplied thousands of tons of acetone to the Allied war effort.
Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones
Addition of Grignard reagents to Aldehydes and Ketones
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