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Clemmensen reductions

Clemmensen reductions is the plural of Clemmensen reduction.

Meaning of Clemmensen reduction

Noun

Clemmensen reduction (countable and uncountable, plural Clemmensen reductions)

  1. An organic reaction in which an aldehyde or ketone carbonyl group is reduced to a methylene with zinc amalgam and hydrochloric acid.

Questions about Clemmensen reductions

What is Clemmensen reductions the plural of?
Clemmensen reductions is the plural of Clemmensen reduction.

Words near Clemmensen reductions in the dictionary

  1. Cleminson
  2. Cleminsons
  3. clemizole
  4. clemmed
  5. Clemmensen reduction
  6. Clemmensen reductions
  7. Clemmer
  8. Clemmie
  9. clemmies
  10. clemming
  11. Clemmons

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