Q. Reduction of aldehydes and ketones into hydrocarbons using hydraiene and sodium ethoxide is called

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Solution:

Carbonyl group is reduced to alkyl group by means either Clemmensen reduction or Wolff-Kishner reduction. . Here carbonyl groups is reduced by using hydrazine and sodium ethoxide, thus it is an example of Wolff-Kishner reduction.

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