Identify the reaction in which the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to a methylene group upon treatment with zinc-amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid.

  • A
    Wolff-Kishner reduction.
  • B
    Stephen reaction.
  • C
    Clemmensen reduction.
  • D
    Etard reaction.

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