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Q 12.7     Which of the following compounds would undergo aldol condensation? Which is the Cannizzaro reaction, and which is neither? Write the structures of the expected products of aldol condensation and Cannizzaro reaction. 

      (iv)     Benzophenone

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It does not give any of the reaction because it is a keto compound and having no alpha -hydrogen atom. Hence it does not give cannizzaro as well as aldol reaction.

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