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Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
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Explain Clemmensen’s reduction.

 

Answer

The Clemmensen Reduction allows the deoxygenation of aldehydes or ketones, to produce the corresponding hydrocarbon. We reduce the carbonyl group to hydrocarbon by using zinc amalgam in concentrated HCl.

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Some More Questions From Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chapter

Write the structures of products of the following reactions:


    

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CH3CHO, CH3CH2OH, CH3OCH3, CH3CH2CH3.

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Ethanal, Propanal, Propanone, Butanone.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:    
Benzaldehyde, p-Tolualdehyde, p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, Acetophenone.

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions: