In the Bamford-Stevens reaction, the tosyl hydrazones (p-Toluenesulfonyl hydrazones) of aliphatic aldehydes or ketones furnish more substituted alkenes when treated with strong bases like NaOMe, NaH, LiH, NaNH2 etc.
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