Which of the following reactions converts the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones to a methylene group on treatment with zinc amalgam and concentrated $HCl$?
- AWolff-Kishner reduction
- BStephen reduction
- CClemmensen reduction
- DRosenmund reduction
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