Clemmensen Reduction & Wolff Kishner Mechanism

This organic chemistry tutorial video discusses the clemmension reducton reaction, the wolff kishner reduction mechanism, and the thioketal reduction or mozingo reduction reaction. It provides the full mechanism of the wolff kishner reaction which can reduce aldehydes and ketones under basic conditions using Hydrazine N2H4 or H2N-NH2 with KOH. The clemmensen reduction occurs under acidic conditions using Zn(Hg) and HCl. The thioketal or mozingo reaction using Thiol functional groups R-SH followed by H2 hydrogen gas and raney Ni nickel to reduce a carbonyl functional group into an alkane.