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Write the chemical equations to illustrate the following name reaction:
Cannizzaro’s reaction
Write the reactions involved in the following reaction:
Cannizzaro reaction
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Solution
Aldehydes which do not have an α-hydrogen atom, undergo self-oxidation and reduction (disproportionation) reaction on treatment with a concentrated alkali.
\[\begin{array}{cc} \phantom{....}\ce{H}\phantom{........}\ce{H}\phantom{.........................}\ce{H}\phantom{...............}\ce{O}\\ \phantom{.....}\backslash\phantom{........}\backslash\phantom{.........................}|\phantom{...............}//\\ \ce{C = O + C = O + Conc{.} KOH ->[\Delta] H - C - OH + H - C}\\ \phantom{.....}/\phantom{........}/\phantom{.........................}|\phantom{...............}\backslash\\ \phantom{..........}\ce{\underset{Formaldehyde}{H\phantom{........}H}}\phantom{.......................}\ce{\underset{Methanol}{H}}\phantom{........}\ce{\underset{Potassium formate}{OK}} \end{array}\]
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{D}\phantom{........................}\\
|\phantom{.........................}\\
\ce{2D - C = O + OH^- ->[Cannizzaro] X and Y}
\end{array}\]
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\[\ce{2Ph-CHO ->[OH^-] Ph-CH2OH + PhC\overset{-}{O}_2}\]
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