Alkyl cyanides on reduction by sodium and ethanol give primary amines. This reaction is called as

  • A
    Wolff-Kishner reduction
  • B
    Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
  • C
    Mendius reduction
  • D
    Clemmensen reduction

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