Topic: Clemmensen Reduction

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Clemmensen Reduction

Clemmensen reduction is an organic chemical reaction that uses zinc amalgam to reduce the carbonyl group in an aldehyde or ketone to a methylene group under heated reflux conditions in a concentrated hydrochloric acid solution. The reaction is named after its discoverer, Danish-American chemist ...

Updated Oct 20238 min read ✓ Reviewed
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