Aldehydes and Ketones - Result Question 75

####86. Show with balanced equation, what happens, when the following are mixed :

“Chloral is heated with aqueous hydroxide”

$(1984,2 M)$

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Solution:

  1. $Cl _3 C-CHO+NaOH($ aq $) \longrightarrow Cl _3 C-CH _2 OH +Cl _3 C-COONa$

Cannizzaro reaction



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