Under Wolff-Kishner reduction conditions, the conversion which may be brought about is

Options

A. benzaldehyde into benzyl alcohol
B. cyclohexanol into cyclohexanone
C. cyclohexanone into cyclohexanol
D. benzophenone into diphenylmethane

Answer

D

Explanation

Aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to hydrocarbons by the action of hydrazin, `NH_2 NH_2` and a strong base like KOH or potassium tert-butoxide, by the Wolff-Kishner reaction. Therefore, the following conversion can be brought about