General Characteristics The Clemmensen reduction is the reductive conversion of carbonyl groups into corresponding methylene units using zinc amalgam-HCl, which works particularly well for the ...
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Conversion of Alcohols into Alkanes
General Characteristics Direct reduction of alcohols to alkanes is generally difficult. The conversion usually requires a two-step sequence involving the conversion of alcohols into leaving groups ...
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, ...