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Reduction of a keto group to a methylene...

Reduction of a keto group to a methylene group by `Zn//Hg//HCl`, is known as

A

Sabatier - Senderens reduction

B

Birch reduction

C

Wolff-Kishner reduction

D

Clemmensen reduction

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`CH_(3)COCH_(3)+4[H] overset(Zn//Hg+Conc. HCl)to CH_(3)CH_(2)CH_(3)+H_(2)O`
is called Clemmensen reduction.
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