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what is a cannizaro reaction?
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Answer 1

This redox disproportionation of non-enolizable aldehydes to carboxylic acids and alcohols is conducted .Cannizzaro reaction

The Cannizzaro reaction is a redox reaction in which two molecules of an aldehyde are reacted to produce a primary alcohol and a carboxylic acid using a hydroxide base. The reaction begins with hydroxide attack on the carbonyl carbon followed by deprotonation to give a dianion. This unstable intermediate releases a hydride anion which attacks another molecule of aldehyde. In this process the dianion converts to a carboxylate anion and the aldehyde to an alkoxide. The alkoxide then picks up a proton from water to provide the alcohol final product, while the caboxylate is converted to the carboxylic acid product after acid work-up.
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Answer 2

The Cannizaro reaction named after its discoverer,Stanislao Cannizzari,is a chemical reaction that envloves the base-induced disproportionation of a non-enolizable aldehyde.