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