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Why No Clemmensen Reduction on Carboxylic acid - iTeachChem

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Why No Clemmensen Reduction on Carboxylic acid

i was wandering, why clemmensen reagent can't reduce carboxylic acid, isn't it just about giving H+ from HCl and electron by Zn-Hg, what i'm missing

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