Here we have to draw the mechanism of the reduction reaction between benzaldehyde and sodium borodeuteride to form the corresponding alcohol.
The reducing agent sodium borodeuteride can reduce the aldehydes to its corresponding alcohol. The reaction mechanism is shown in the attached image.
The reaction mechanism can be explained as-
The sodium borodeuteride is highly ionic in nature thus it remains as Na⁺ and BD₄⁻ The deuterium atom of BD₄⁻ attack the carbonyl carbon atom and substitute one of its deuterium as shown in the figure.
One molecule of sodium borodeuteride can reduce four molecules of benzaldehyde. The polar solvent like alcohol donates the proton as shown in the mechanism.
The converted alcohol contains the deuterium atom at the -C center. Thus benzaldehyde is converted to deuteroted benzyl alcohol.
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<u>Answer:</u> This element has +2 charge on it.
<u>Explanation:</u>
An ion is formed when an atom looses or gains electrons.
- When an atom looses electrons, it leads to the formation of positive ion known as cation.
- When an atom gains electrons, it leads to the formation of negative ion known as anion.
Magnesium is the 12th element of the periodic table having electronic configuration of 
This element will loose 2 electrons to attain stable electronic configuration and leads to the formation of a cation having formula 
Hence, this element has +2 charge on it.
Explanation:
Having a large sample size in the experiment: This helps to account for any small differences among the test subjects that may provide unexpected results. Repeating experimental trials multiple times: Errors may result from slight differences in test subjects, or mistakes in methodology or data collection...
So half life is the time taken for a sample to decay to half its original mass, its a constant and applies to any original mass, it could be 5g or 1kg, it will take the same amount of time for the original mass to half. In this case the half life is 3 days.
After 3 days the sample will be at half its original mass, now 50g.
Now we can treat the 50g as if its a new sample. After another 3 days (6 days in total) there will be half of 50g left, = 25g.
