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Published on: August 13, 2026
The appropriate reagent for the transformation
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B
Both Zn(Hg), HC1 (Clemmenson's reduction) and NH 2 NH 2 , OH - (Wolf-Kishner reduction) can reduce 
to 
group but as HC1 may also bring about the dehydration of alcohol to give an alkene so the most appropriate reagent will be NH 2 NH 2 , OH~ .
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