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Q 12.15     Describe the following.

        (ii)      Cannizzaro reaction 

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Cannizzaro reaction-
Aldehyde which do not have any alpha- hydrogen, undergo self oxidation as well as reduction reaction on treating with concentrated alkalies. In this reaction, one molecule gets reduced and other is oxidised to carboxylic acid salt.

 

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