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Formaldehyde on treatment with concentrated NaOH undergoes Cannizzaro reaction to produce:

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About This Question

Subject
chemistry
Chapter
organic compounds containing oxygen
Topic
aldehydes
Difficulty
Medium
Year
2025
Tags
Cannizzaro ReactionFormaldehydeDisproportionation

Solution

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Methanol and sodium formate

Formaldehyde has no alpha-hydrogen, so it undergoes Cannizzaro disproportionation in strong base. One molecule is reduced to methanol while another is oxidized to formate ion. In NaOH medium, the salt isolated is sodium formate.

This medium difficulty chemistry question is from the chapter organic compounds containing oxygen, covering the topic of aldehydes. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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