Most useful for converting an R-C-O molecule to its corresponding R-C-H2 molecule, it begins with the conversion of hydrazine into hydrazone and finishes in a strong base.
Its final part involves reacting the sample with potassium hydroxide at high temperature to complete the conversion. It is convenient because of the easy reducibility of the carbon-nitrogen double bond under heat. Most useful for converting an R-C-O molecule to its corresponding R-C-H2 molecule, it begins with the conversion of hydrazine into hydrazone and finishes in a strong base. FTP, identify this reaction that reduces carbonyls into alkanes, a reaction named for its two discoverers.
Its final part involves reacting the sample with potassium hydroxide at high temperature to complete the conversion.
{Wolf-Kishner} reaction