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explain cannizzaro reaction​

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Answered by daljeetsingh123dj
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Explanation:

The Cannizzaro reaction, named after its discoverer Stanislao Cannizzaro, is a chemical reaction that involves the base-induced disproportionation of two molecules of a non-enolizable aldehyde to give a primary alcohol and a carboxylic acid.

Answered by prajwal124421
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Explanation:

aldehydes which do not have an alpha carbon like formaldehyde (HCHO) in presence of base (like KOH)

undergo both oxidation to ( HCOOk) and reduction

to (ch3oh)

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