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 How are reducing agents in synthetic organic chemistry prepared?

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Hydrogen has a tendency to react with reactive metals like lithium, sodium to give corresponding hydrides.
`2Li+H_2to2LiH`f
`2Na+H_2to2NaH`
These hydrides are used as reducing agents in synthetic organic chemistry. It is used to prepare other important hydrides such as lithium aluminium hydride and sodium born hydride.
`4LiH+AlCl_3toLi[AlH_4]+3LiCl`
`4NaH+B(OCH_3)_3toNa[BH_4]+3CH_3ONa`
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