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Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and conc. is called:

  1. A
    Clemmensen reduction
  2. B
    Cope reduction
  3. C
    Dow reduction
  4. D
    Wolff-Kishner reduction

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1. Clemmensen reduction uses and concentrated to reduce carbonyl groups () to methylene groups ().2. Wolff-Kishner reduction uses hydrazine () and a strong base () in ethylene glycol to achieve the same transformation.

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Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and conc. is called:
A
Clemmensen reduction
B
Cope reduction
C
Dow reduction
D
Wolff-Kishner reduction

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