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Q. The heating of carbonyl compounds with $H_{2}NNH_{2}$ and strong base is called

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Solution:

The heating of carbonyl compounds with $H_{2}NNH_{2}$ and strong base is called Wolf-Kishner reduction.

$RCH=O+H_{2}NNH_{2} \rightarrow RCH=NNH_{2}\overset{S t r o n g \text{ base}}{ \rightarrow }RCH_{3}+N_{2}$