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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

The reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alkanes in the presence of alkaline hydrazine solution is called:

Answer: (C)

Solution

Hydrazine under basic conditions (Wolff-Kishner reduction) fully reduces a carbonyl group (C=O) to a methylene group (CHâ‚‚).

Question ID VK-149892