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NEET 2023, Chemistry Q4: Properties and Important Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones

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Q.

Identify product (A) in the following reaction:

  1. A

    1

  2. B

    2

  3. C

    3

  4. 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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