11isnt this called clemmenson reaction
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3but the mechanism is not included in the jee syllabus, i think .if u want the mechanism go to www.organic-chemistry.org
39@richa: the reactant has 5 carbons and product has 6 carbons. once check na.
19the question itself is wrong :
the clememnessen reduction of this 1,3 diketone (acetyl acetone) gives 3 methyl butan 2 one as the product......this is a case of modified clemmensen that invoves rearrangements !
1@ organic
can u explain the rearrangement ?
because I have never heard about rearrangement in clemmensen reduction before