why alkoxide is abstracting the proton from benzoic acid in canizzaro reaction?
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The Cannizzaro reaction, named after its discoverer Stanislao Cannizzaro, is a chemical reaction that involves the base-induced disproportionation of an aldehyde lacking a hydrogen atom in the alpha position. The oxidation product is a salt of a carboxylic acid and the reduction product is an alcohol.
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