Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and conc. HCl is called
- Cope reduction
- Dow reduction
- Wolff-Kishner reduction
- Clemmensen reduction
Answer
(4) Clemmensen reduction
Solution
As per NCERT, the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to a CH2 group on treatment with zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid – Clemmensen reduction.
>C=O Zn-Hg/HCl >CH2 + H2O
(Wolff-Kishner reduction uses NH2NH2 and KOH in ethylene glycol.)
Answer: (4)