Question

Which one of the following on treatment with 50% aqueous
sodium hydroxide yields the corresponding alcohol and
acid?
(a) C₆H₅CHO (b) CH₃CH₂CH₂CHO
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(c)CH₃ - C -CH₃ (d) C₆H₅CH₂CHO

Answer 1

Answer:

(a)C6H5CHO

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Answer 2

C₆H₅CHO is the reactant.

Explanation:

• The formation of an alcohol and an acid from the aldehyde is an example of disproportionation reaction.

• In disproportionation reaction, the reactant gets oxidised and reduced simultaneously in equivalent amounts.

• This reaction is called Cannizaro reaction.

• In cannizaro reaction, the aldehyde without any alpha hydrogen undergoes simultaneous oxidation to form a carboxylic acid and reduction to form alcohol.

• Benzaldehyde gets oxidised to form benzoic acid and reduced to get benzyl alcohol.

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