Wolff-Kishner reduction of 7-methyl-2-cycloheptenone produces 3-methylcycloheptene, not  4-methylcycloheptene. Write the reaction and a mechanism. It is not necessary to write a  mechanism for the formation of the hydrazone

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Wolff-Kishner reduction of 7-methyl-2-cycloheptenone produces 3-methylcycloheptene, not 
4-methylcycloheptene. Write the reaction and a mechanism. It is not necessary to write a 
mechanism for the formation of the hydrazone.

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