MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Identify the reaction so that carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to methylene group on treatment with Zinc-amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid.

(A)Wolf-Kishner reaction
(B)Stephan reaction
(C)Clemmensen reductionCorrect
(D)Etard reaction

Answer: (C)

Solution

Clemmensen reduction converts of aldehydes and ketones into using zinc amalgam and concentrated HCl: . Wolff-Kishner reduction (A) also gives but uses

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