JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Aldehydes, Ketones Question Bank Properties

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    The reaction in which sodium cyanide is used [MP PET/PMT 1998]

    A)                 Perkin reaction

    B)                 Reimer-Tiemann reaction

    C)                 Benzoin condensation  

    D)                 Rosenmund reaction

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               \[{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-H+H-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}\underset{{}}{\mathop{\xrightarrow{\text{alc}\,NaCN}}}\,\]                                 \[\underset{\text{Benzoin}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}-\overset{OH}{\mathop{\overset{|\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{CH}}\,}}\,-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}}}\,\]


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