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

A

Cope reduction

B

Dow reduction

C

Wolff -Kishner reduction

D

Clemmensen reduction.

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D
It is Clemmensen reduction reaction.
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