Kevin Nash
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
(a) CCI base
3CHO + NaOH ? CCI base
3CH base 2 OH + CCI base 3 COONa 2, 2, 2 – trichloro – ethanol
In
cannizzaro’s reaction the compounds which do not contain ?-hydrogen atoms undergo
oxidation and reduction simultaneously i.e undergo disproportion action and
form one molecule of sodium salt of carboxylic acid as oxidation product and
one molecule of alcohol as reduction product.