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Wolff-Kishner reduction
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aldehydes
- In aldehyde: Oxidation-reduction reactions
…as potassium hydroxide, KOH, (the Wolff-Kishner reaction) or zinc-mercury, Zn(Hg), and hydrochloric acid (the Clemmensen reaction) removes the oxygen entirely and gives a hydrocarbon (RCHO → RCH3).
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