Please neatly show the mechanism and the balanced equation for the addition of NaBH4 to benzil in a reduction experiment. The experiment is to produce the major product of meso-hydrobenzoin, with the side products of R,R-hydrobenzoin and S,S- hydrobenzoin and R-benzoin and S- benzoin.

Please neatly show the mechanism and the balanced equation for the addition of NaBH4 to benzil in a reduction experiment. The experiment is to produce the major product of meso-hydrobenzoin, with the side products of R,R-hydrobenzoin and S,S- hydrobenzoin and R-benzoin and S- benzoin.

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Please neatly show the mechanism and the
balanced equation for the addition of
NABH4 to benzil in a reduction experiment.
The experiment is to produce the major
product of meso-hydrobenzoin, with the
side products of R,R-hydrobenzoin and S,S-
hydrobenzoin and R-benzoin and S-
benzoin.

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