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Q. Which one of the following reactions is called Rosenmund reaction?

EAMCETEAMCET 2007

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In the Rosenmunds reaction add chlorides are converted to corresponding aldehydes by catalytic reduction. $ \underset{\text{acid}\,\text{chhloride}}{\mathop{R-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-Cl+{{H}_{2}}}}\,\xrightarrow[S]{Pd,BaS{{O}_{4}}}\underset{\text{aldehyde}}{\mathop{R-CHO}}\,\,+HCl $