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Question
Write chemical equations of the following reaction :
Benzoyl chloride is hydrogenated in the presence of `"Pd"/(BaSO_4)`
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Solution
Benzoyl chloride is hydrogenated over catalyst 4 Pd-BaSO to give benzaldehyde. This reaction is called the Rosenmund Reaction.

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