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Clemens on reactionconverts cyclohexanone to

ishwaryarani2 30th May, 2021

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ginnisachdeva02_9364270 Student Expert 30th May, 2021

Hi Aspirant!

Clemmensen's reduction converts (C=O) to CH2.

So, cyclohexanone after reduction in the presence of Zn-Hg amalgam and concentrated HCl is onverted into cyclohexane. In this conversion you need to convert keto group(C=O) to methylene group(CH2) to get cyclohexane.

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