JEE Main 202430 JanuaryEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2024
- Date
- 30 January
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Aldehydes and Ketones
JEE Main 2024 · 30 January · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones
m-chlorobenzaldehyde on treatment with 50 % KOH solution yields
m-chlorobenzaldehyde on treatment with solution yields




Options
- A

- B

- C

- D

Correct answer
D. 
Step-by-step solution
Meta–chlorobenzaldehyde will undergo Cannizzaro reaction with to give mchlorobenzoate ion and chlorobenzyl alcohol.
Since chlorobenzaldehyde does not contain α hydrogen thus with it undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction. The Cannizzaro reaction for the chlorobenzaldehyde is given as:
Since it is a disproportionation reaction so one molecule of chlorobenzaldehyde is reduced to chlorobenzyl alcohol at the \cos t of others which is oxidized potassium chlorobenzoate.