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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

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Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and conc. HCl is Called:

Clemmensen reduction

Cope reduction

Dow reduction

Wolff- Kishner reduction

Solution

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Clemmensen reduction

Clemmensen reduction: Aldehydes and ketones are reduced to the corresponding alkanes by means of amalgamated zinc and HCl
> C=O + 4[H] → >CH₂ + H₂O

Some More Questions From Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chapter

Write the structures of the following reactions:

Write the structures of products of the following reactions:

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points:
CH₃CHO, CH₃CH₂OH, CH₃OCH₃, CH₃CH₂CH₃.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:
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:

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