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What favours the hydride shift in Cannizaros Reaction?
We know the hydride is a very poor leaving gropu so why does it leave then?
since we know that hydride shift is RDS in Cannizaro reaction and
the carbon cannot exceed its covanlency to 5 also the double bond btw C and O is stronger then hydride it will leave for a nuchleophilic centre it will leave
but instead of hydride going out , OH- can leave since it is a much better leaving group than H-
the group that leaves is basically that group group which doesnt has any role in giving stability
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