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Question
Write chemical equation of the following reaction :
Acetophenone is treated with `("Zn"("Hg"))/"Conc.HCl"`.
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Solution
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.
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