JEE Main202430 Jan 2024Evening ShiftChemistryAldehydes and KetonesActual
m-chlorobenzaldehyde on treatment with 50 % KOH solution yields
Correct answer
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Step-by-step solution
Meta–chlorobenzaldehyde will undergo Cannizzaro reaction with 50 % KOH to give mchlorobenzoate ion and m - chlorobenzyl alcohol. Since m - chlorobenzaldehyde does not contain α hydrogen thus with 50 % KOH it undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction. The Cannizzaro reaction for the m - chlorobenzaldehyde is given as: Since it is a disproportionation reaction so one molecule of m - chlorobenzaldehyde is reduced to m - chlorobenzyl alcohol at the cost of others which is oxidized potassium m - chlorobenzoate.