Aluminum isopropoxide is important to carry out Oppenauer oxidations and MPV reductions.

To make the aluminum isopropoxide, I will use mercuric chloride that was made in a previous video. I will then carry out an MPV reduction using the aluminum isopropoxide to eventually make 1octen3ol, something I have been working towards for a while.

NOTE: Around 5 minutes, I made a mistake and wrote "hydriodic acid" instead of "hydrogen gas"

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