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In a reaction RCHO is reduced to `RCH_(3)` usig amalgamated zinc and cencentrated HCl and warming the solution. The reaction is known as

A

Meerwein-Pondorf reaction

B

Clemmensen's reduction

C

Wolff-Kishner reaction

D

Schiff's reaction

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B
In Cleammensens' reduction, aldehyde (RCHO) and ketones (R-CO-R) are reduced into hydrocarbons (R-R)
`RCHO+6[H] overset("Zn amalgamated")underset("Conc.HCl")toRCH_(3)+2H_(2)O`
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