Clemmensen reduction

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Clemmensen reduction (countable and uncountable, plural Clemmensen reductions)

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  1. (chemistry) 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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