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Why is conc HCl used in clemmensens reduction instead of dil HCl ?

Yathurshanan , 11 Years ago
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Sunil Kumar FP
Conc HCl helps in complete dissociation of HCl into H+ and Cl-,it will give H+ more easily as compared to dilute HCl which can be seen from the mechanism of the reaction as follows:-
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