Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid is called

Cope reduction

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Dow reduction

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Wolff Kishner reduction

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Clemmensen reduction

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The correct option is D Clemmensen reduction
$C H_{3} C O C H_{3} Z n / H g - ---- \to c o n c . H C l C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{3}$
It is Clemmensen reduction reaction.

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