99 Percentile Qs Bank for JEE MainChemistryHydrocarbons
Identify the major product of the following reaction
Correct answer
2
Step-by-step solution
The carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to CH 2 group on treatment with zinc-amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid is known as Clemensen reduction. In this reaction zinc-amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid can covert the alcohols to alkyl chlorides. The given molecule undergo Clemensen reduction as follows,