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Benzaldehyde C 6 H 5 CHO
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on treatment with 50% aq. Na OH yields the corresponding alcohol and acid. In this reaction, there is no alpha hydrogen atom present in benzaldehyde.
Hence, it undergoes a Cannizzaro reaction in which one molecule is oxidized to benzoic acid and the other molecule is reduced to benzyl alcohol.
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