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Explain Wolff-Kishner reduction.

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Hydrazine (NH2 -NH2) reduces carbonyl group  of aldehydes or ketones to metylene group 

When aldehyde or ketone is heated with hydrazine in the presence of base such as potassium hydroxide and ethylene glycol, an alkane is obtained due to reduction of carbonyl compound.

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