The neutral deoxygenation (reduction) of aryl carbonyl compounds with raney-nickel. an alternative to the clemmenson, wolf-kishner or mozingo (thioketal) reductions.
... Reginald H. Mitchell* and Yee-Hing Lai Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 2Y2 Summary: W-7 Raney-Nickel reduces mono or diaryl carbonyl compounds in 50% aqueous ethanol in excellent yields to the aryl methanes. ... 2, 1974 p.4; (b) RL Augustine,
