During preparation of esters from a carboxylic acid and an alcohol in the presence of acid catalyst water or ester formed should be removed as soon as it is formed.
Name the product when benzophenone is reduced with Zn(Hg) in the presence of HCl.
When benzophenone is reduced with Zn(Hg) in the presence of HCl, it gives diphenyl methane. This reaction is also known as clemmensen reduction.