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Q. The aldehyde which react with $ NaOH $ to produce an alcohol and sodium salt is:

Punjab PMETPunjab PMET 2004Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Solution:

Formaldehyde and $NaOH$ reacts to produce alcohol and sodium salt of an acid.
$\underset{\text{Formaldehyde}}{2 HCHO + NaOH} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{Alcohol}}{CH_3OH} +\underset{\text{Sodium formate}}{HCOONa}$
This reaction is Cannizzaros reaction.