Ethyl methyl ketone can be reduced to n -butane by *
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Ethyl methyl ketone can be reduced to n-butane by using zinc amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid (Zn/HCl).
It is called Clemmensen reduction where ketones are reduced to alkanes using Zn/HCl.
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Ethyl methyl ketone can be reduced to n-butane by using hydrazine and base (NH2NH2/KOH).
It is called Wolff-Kishner reduction where ketones are reduced to alkanes using NH2NH2/KOH.
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