Ah, those tricky carbonyl reductions! Clemmensen uses zinc amalgam in acidic conditions, while Wolff-Kishner uses hydrazine in base. They say for acid-sensitive compounds, you choose Wolff-Kishner, but my acid-sensitive ketone still turned to tar with that method last week. Now my lab bench smells like a failed canteen *rasam*, and my professor just gave me that slow, disappointed headshake.
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