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Title: Reaction Mechanism Problem
Post by: putchi_punch on November 08, 2009, 08:02:49 AM

What kind of reaction does involve in Wolff-Kishner reaction???
From the addition of the hydrazine, 2HNNH2, to a ketone or an aldehyde which yields first the hydrazone anion before yielding an alkane...
I need your help
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Edit: please don't abuse formatting, jumping letters in many colors don't help in reading the question.

Title: Re: Reaction Mechanism Problem
Post by: Schrödinger on November 08, 2009, 10:52:03 PM

I'm happy you atarted this, coz i was thinking of getting my doubts clarified as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wolff-Kishner-Huang_Reduction.png
This should show you the exact mechanism of the reaction.