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प्रश्न
Write the reaction involved in the Stephen reduction
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उत्तर
Stephen reduction: In this reaction, nitriles are reduced to corresponding imine with stannous chloride in the presence of hydrochloric acid, which on hydrolysis give corresponding aldehyde.

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| Column I (Acids) |
Column II (IUPAC names) |
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| (i) | \[\begin{array}{cc} \phantom{...}\ce{O}\phantom{..............................}\ce{O}\phantom{}\\ \phantom{...}||\phantom{..............................}||\phantom{}\\ \ce{CH3 - C - Cl + H2 ->[Pd - C/BasO4] CH3 - C - H} \end{array}\] |
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| (ii) | ![]() |
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| (iii) | ![]() |
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| (iv) | \[\begin{array}{cc} \ce{R - CH2 - COOH ->[Br/Red P] R - CH - COOH}\\ \phantom{.....................}|\\ \phantom{.......................}\ce{Br} \end{array}\] |
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\phantom{.....}|\\
\phantom{......}\ce{Cl}
\end{array}\] obtained by chlorination of n-butane, will be
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