
The most suitable reagent for the following conversion, is:

- Na/liquid
- quinoline
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Solution

(i) Na/ Liquid (Birch reduction) it reduces non-terminal alkynes into alkene (trans/anti addition)
(ii) quinoline (lindlar catalyst) reduces alkyne into alkene by syn addition. This will give the required product.
(iii) is Clemmensen reduction which reduced carbonyl into an alkene.
(iv) is an electrophilic addition reaction, which converts alkyne into ketone.
Asked in: NEET 2019 (All India)