Question

Reduction of carbonyl compounds with hydrazine in presence of strong base is called:

• A. Cannizaro's reaction
• B. Clemmensen's reduction
• C. Wolf-Kishner reduction
• D. Meerwein - Pondorf reduction

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Wolf-Kishner reduction

Reduction of carbonyl compounds with hydrazine in presence of strong base is called Wolf f-Kishner reduction.
Reduction of carbonyl compounds with $Zn/Hg$ and conc $HCl$ is called Clemmensen's reduction.
In these reactions, the carbonyl group is reduced to a methylene group.