The conversion of 4-pentanoylbiphenyl to 4-pentanylbiphenyl with hydrazine and potassium hydroxide is a reduction . Option c. is correct.
Because it involves the addition of hydrogen atoms to the carbon atoms in the molecule, resulting in a decrease in the oxidation state of the carbons. During the reaction, hydrazine acts as a reducing agent and reduces the ketone group (-[tex]CO^-[/tex]) to an alcohol group (-[tex]CH_2OH[/tex]). This reduction results in the conversion of the carbonyl carbon from sp2 hybridization to sp3 hybridization, resulting in the formation of a new C-H bond.
Therefore, the reaction involves a gain of electrons by the carbonyl carbon, and a reduction of the ketone functional group. There is no simultaneous oxidation of any other species in the reaction.
Therefore, the reaction is a reduction and not an oxidation or a non-redox reaction. Hence, option c. is correct.
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