This substance is dissolved in zinc chloride in a reagent used for classifying alcohols named for Lucas. With a zinc amalgam, it participates in the r
This substance is dissolved in zinc chloride in a reagent used for classifying alcohols named for Lucas. With a zinc amalgam, it participates in the reduction of ketones to alkanes in the Clemmenson Reduction. It is mixed with nitric acid to make aqua regia. Though it is highly corrosive to skin, this acid, also called muriatic acid, is often used by high school students in classroom titration labs. It lowers the pH of stomach contents as a major component of gastric acid. For 10 points, name this strong acid symbolized HCl.
This substance is dissolved in zinc chloride in a reagent used for classifying alcohols named for Lucas.
{hydrochloric} acid [or {spirits} of {salt}; accept {muriatic acid} before mentioned; accept {HCl}