The product formed in the following chemical reaction is: [Diagram showing a cyclohexanone derivative with a ketone and ester group reacting with NaBH4 in C2H5OH]
NaBH4 is a selective reducing agent that reduces ketones to alcohols but does not reduce esters. Therefore, the ketone group is reduced to an alcohol while the ester group remains unchanged.
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