General Characteristics Lithium Alminum Hydride (LAH) is a powerful reducing reagent with the specific formula of LiAlH4. LAH reduces not only ketones and aldehydes but also carboxylic acids and ...
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Wolff-Kishner Reduction
General Characteristics The deoxygenation of carbonyl compounds through hydrazone formation is known as the Wolff-Kishner reduction. Heating a mixture containing an aldehyde or a ketone, hydrazine, ...