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A carbonyl compound is converted to the corresponding alkane by heating with hydrazine and potassium hydroxide in ethylene glycol. This reaction is called

  1. AClemmensen reduction
  2. BRosenmund reduction
  3. CWolff-Kishner reduction
  4. DStephen reduction

Answer: C

Hydrazine forms a hydrazone, and strong base at high temperature eliminates to give the alkane. This is the Wolff-Kishner reduction (Huang-Minlon modification).
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