WOLFF-KISHNER REACTION


Meaning of WOLFF-KISHNER REACTION in English

ˈwu̇lfˈkishnə(r)- noun

Usage: usually capitalized W&K

Etymology: after Ludwig Wolff fl 1914 and N. Kishner fl 1914 German chemists

: an indirect reduction of an aldehyde or ketone to the corresponding hydrocarbon by heating the hydrazone or semicarbazone derivative with an alcoholic solution of sodium ethoxide or with solid potassium hydroxide

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