Chemistry > Aldehydes and Ketones > 16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones

  Aldehydes and Ketones
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Methods of Preparation
    3.0 Physical Properties
    4.0 Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl Compounds
    5.0 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles
    6.0 Haloform Reactions
    7.0 Aldol Condensations
    8.0 Claisen Condensation
    9.0 Intramolecular Claisen Condensation
    10.0 Cannizzaro Reaction
    11.0 Reformatsky Reaction
    12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles
    13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile
    14.0 Addition of Sulphur Nucleophile
    15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones
    16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones
    17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

16.3 The Wolf Kishner Reduction

: When a ketone or an aldehyde is heated in a basic solution of hydrazine, the carbonyl group is converted to a methylene group this process is called Deoxygenation because an oxygen is removed from the reactant. The reaction is known as the Wolf-Kishner Reduction.

Initially the ketone reacts with hydrazine to form a hydrazone. Hydroxide ion and heat differentiate the Wolff-Kishner Reduction from ordinary hydrazone formation. After the hydrazone is formed, OH– removes a proton from the $N{H_2}$ group. Heat is required because these protons are not easily removed. Resonance places some of the negative charge on carbon, which abstracts a proton from water. The last two steps are repeated to from the deoxygenated product and ${N_2}$ gas


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