NEET 2023, Chemistry Q4: Properties and Important Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones
NEET2023Chemistry
Q.
Identify product (A) in the following reaction:

- A
1
- B
2
- C
3
- D
4
Solution

Zn-Hg with concentrated HCl is the Clemmensen reduction, which converts a carbonyl group () directly to a methylene group ().
Both ketone groups on the benzene ring are reduced to linkers connecting the ring to the cyclohexyl substituents. The two oxygens leave as .
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