difference between benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol
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Answer:
As we can see that both the compounds are different as one is alcohol and the other is aldehyde.
So there are many tests to distinguish between alcohol and aldehyde and one of the test is Tollen's reagent.
Aldehyde will give Tollen's test whereas alcohol do not. The reaction is as follows-
C6H5CHO + 2[Ag(NH3)2]+ -> C6H5COOH + 2Ag(silver mirror)+ 2H2O+ 4NH3.
Silver mirror is formed by aldehyde and this gives the confirmation of presence of aldehyde group whereas benzal alcohol do not gives Tollen's test.
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Organic solvent -free direct selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with aqueous 15% hydrogen peroxide was performed at reflux temperature for a short period with 82.3%–94.8% benzyl alcohol conversion and 87.9%–96.7% benzaldehyde selectivity.