Lialh4

[akimhaneul]

Is it possible for lialh4 to reduce carbonyls directly to alkane? Or is that only for wolffkishner or clemmensen?

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[hs764]

LiAlH4 will reduce carbonyls to alcohols. To reduce them to alkanes, you would have to use a Clemmensen or Wolff-Kishner reduction.