Articles by Topic "Clemmensen Reduction"

1. Clemmensen Reduction
   posted this at Jun 9, 2025

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   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 ...