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Ketones react with Mg-HG over water gives

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Pinacolone
Pinacols
Alcohols
None of these

Solution :Two molecules of ketones undergo reduction in the presence of `Mg//Hg` to form pinacol.

`OVERSET(HOH)rarr underset(("pinacol"))underset(2,3-"dimethylbutane-2,3-diol")(CH_(3)-overset(" "CH_(3))overset(|)underset(OH)underset(|)(C)-overset(" "CH_(3))overset(|)underset(OH)underset(|)(C)-CH_(3)+Mg(OH)_(2))`


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