Clemmensen reduction

noun

Etymology

Named after Erik Christian Clemmensen, the chemist who discovered this reaction.

Definitions

  1. An organic reaction in which an aldehyde or ketone carbonyl group is reduced to a…

    An organic reaction in which an aldehyde or ketone carbonyl group is reduced to a methylene with zinc amalgam and hydrochloric acid.

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