Test SeriesFree PYQsExamsPricing

JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

In the given transformation, a ring-substituted enone (bearing a side chain) is converted to the corresponding alkyl-substituted alkene (the retained, but the ketone carbon fully reduced to ). Which of the following is the most appropriate reagent?

Answer: (D)

Solution

The Wolff–Kishner reduction ( followed by base) fully deoxygenates a ketone carbonyl to a methylene group via a hydrazone intermediate, without affecting an isolated carbon–carbon double bond

See the full step-by-step solution

Create a free account to read the complete working, and practise questions like this in a timed test.

Create a free account

Question ID VK-148942