Wolff-Kishner Reduction

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Whew! I was about to say, any reaction that leaves hydrazine in a highly unstable condition is bound to end poorly for the chemist. Great video, Professor Dave. I never was much of a chemist, but I sure do enjoy these explanations.

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[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

That was a bluff. He was grandstanding for his idiot followers. And there is no point in an interaction. His credibility is in ruins.

[@user-ko7lz3kr1d]

Great video Dave. Surprised you didn't mention the possibilities of the microwave-assisted Wolff-Kishner when discussing the need for milder conditions. I haven't done enough reading on it yet to say whether I think it's the best way to go, but this paper outlines it for teaching undergraduates and they just use a conventional microwave which is pretty cool. Eric Parquet and Qun Lin, J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74, 10, 1225.

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[@ramprabhav3367]

Sir can wolf kisner reduce alcohol to alkene due to presence of NaOH with ethylene glycol, (E2 elimination)

[@gowrissshanker9109]

Respected sir, IS A photon of violet light is brighter than A photon of red light...what does brightness depends on?? Amplitude or energy?? Thank you sir

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Photons are not brighter than one another, brightness has to do with the intensity of a light source.

[@Ironman-ko5vw]

Dosent ethylene glycol act as a protecting group to the carbonyl?

[@sciencenerd7639]

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[@canbest7668]

Wolff-Kishner Reduction sounds like a progressive jazz group from the 1970s

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[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

base

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Not first

[@GnosticChef]

Very odd amount off subscribers with a very little amount of views on your videos . 🤔

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Yeah, I guess 1.6M people weren't all studying the Wolff-Kishner reduction this week. Go figure.

[@JohnDoe-zh6cp]

Professor Dave has a very diverse audience because his videos are very diverse. Most of his subscribers are viewers of his pseudoscience debunking videos but he has a wide array of viewers that watch him for instruction in chemistry, physics, biology, etc. and these groups don't often overlap which is why his purely educational videos typically don't have many views. Probably 90% or more of the views on this video are organic chemistry students, which make up a small minority of his viewers.