Explain acetaldehyde treatment with sodium borohydride

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Problem- When a acetaldehyde is reacted with three equivalents of formaldehyde under alkaline conditions, followed by treatment with sodium borohydride, the product fromed shows the following spectra data:

IR: broad peak at 3326cm-1

HNMR: siglet at 3.45, siglet at 4.78 (found to be exchangable)

Predict a reasonable structure for this product.

Elucidate the each and every step in detail for helping me to understand the answer of the above problem

Reference no: EM13715252

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