Reaction of a carbonyl compound with one of the following reagents involves nucleophilic addition followed…
- A Grignard reagent
- Hydrazine in presence of feebly acidic solution
- Hydrocyanic acid
- Sodium hydrogen sulphite
Solution
The reagent is hydrazine in presence of feebly acidic solution.
For example, the reaction between acetone and hydrazine to form hydrazone is shown below.

Asked in: NEET 2015 (Phase 2)
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