Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using zinc amalgam $(Zn(Hg))$ and concentrated $HCl$ is called:

  • A
    Cope reduction
  • B
    Dow reduction
  • C
    Wolff-Kishner reduction
  • D
    Clemmensen reduction

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