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NEET Chemistry NEET PYQ-Aldehydes Ketones

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    Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and cone. HCl is called: [AIPMT (S) 2007]

    A) Clemmensen reduction    

    B) Cope reduction

    C) Dow reduction

    D) Wolff-Kishner reduction

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] Clemmensen reduction: Aldehydes and ketones are reduced to the corresponding alkanes by means of amalgamated zinc and HCl
                \[>C=O+4[H]\xrightarrow[{}]{{}}>C{{H}_{2}}+{{H}_{2}}O\]


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