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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
How will you bring about the following conversions?
Propanone to propane
Write the chemical reaction involved in Wolff-Kishner reduction.
Predict the products of the following reactions :
Predict the products formed when cyclohexanecarbaldehyde reacts with the following reagents.
Zinc amalgam and dilute hydrochloric acid
How will you bring about the following conversion in not more than two steps?
Propanone to Propene
How will you bring about the following conversion in not more than two steps?
Benzoic acid to m-Nitrobenzyl alcohol
Complete the synthesis by giving missing starting material, reagent or product.
\[\ce{CH3COCH2COOC2H5 ->[(i) NaBH4][(ii) H+]}\]
The product formed in the following chemical reaction is:
Explain the following reaction:
Wolff-Kishner reduction
Write the main product in the following reaction:
\[\ce{CH3CH2CHO ->[Zn(Hg)/Conc. HCl]}\]
