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In Clemmensen reduction, carbonyl compound is treated with

$zinc\, amalgam + HCl$

$sodium \,amalgam + HCl$

$zinc amalgam + HNO_3$

$sodium amalgam + HNO_3$

Answer

$zinc\, amalgam + HCl$

Explanation

Solution

In Clemmensen reduction, the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to $\diagdown$ $\quad \quad \quad$ $\quad$ $\diagup$ $\quad$ group on treatment with zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid.

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