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प्रश्न
Write chemical equation of the following reaction :
Acetophenone is treated with `("Zn"("Hg"))/"Conc.HCl"`.
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उत्तर
The reaction of aldehydes and ketones with zinc amalgam (Zn/Hg) in concentrated HCl, reduces the aldehyde or ketone to a hydrocarbon and is called Clemmensen reduction.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the chemical reaction involved in Wolff-Kishner reduction.
Predict the products of the following reactions :
Write the structures of the main products when acetone (CH3 − CO − CH3) reacts with the following reagent :
Zn − Hg/conc. HCl
Predict the products formed when cyclohexanecarbaldehyde reacts with the following reagents.
Zinc amalgam and dilute hydrochloric acid
Complete the synthesis by giving missing starting material, reagent or product.
\[\ce{CH3COCH2COOC2H5 ->[(i) NaBH4][(ii) H+]}\]
Predict the main product of the following reaction:\[\begin{array}{c}
\ce{O\phantom{----}O\phantom{-}}\\
\ce{||\phantom{----}||\phantom{-}}\\
\ce{CH3-C-CH2-C-OCH3}
\end{array}\ce{->[(i)NaBH4][(ii)H+]}\]
Reduction of > C = O to CH2 can be carried out with
The product formed in the following chemical reaction is:
Explain the following reaction:
Wolff-Kishner reduction
Write the main product in the following reaction:
\[\ce{CH3CH2CHO ->[Zn(Hg)/Conc. HCl]}\]
