Question

The reactant (X) in the reaction
(X) □(→┴dil CH₃COONa ) Cinnamic acid, is

Answer 1

Answer:

X is your answer............

Answer 2

Benzaldehyde is the reactant.

Explanation:

• The reaction is Perkin's reaction.

• The Perkin's reaction is the reaction where the aromatic aldehyde is treated with an aliphatic anhydride.

• The product formed is an alpha beta unsaturated acid and another aliphatic acid.

• The mechanism is quite complicated.

• But the most accepted mechanism is through carb anion formation and furthur nucleophilic addition and tetrahedral intermediate and finally hydrolysis.

• As cinnamic acid is the product, so Benzaldehyde is the reactant here.

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