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m-chlorobenzaldehyde on treatment with solution yields
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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 cost of others which is oxidized potassium chlorobenzoate.
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