JEE Main Chemistry question

To obtain unsaturated alcohols from unsaturated aldehydes, the reagent used for reduction is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Sodium amalgam with water selectively reduces the carbonyl group of an -unsaturated aldehyde to a hydroxyl group (1,2-reduction)

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