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Chemistry
An aldehyde can be obtained from an acid chloride by:
Q. An aldehyde can be obtained from an acid chloride by:
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A
Rosenmunds reduction
B
Wolf-Kishner reduction
C
Clemmensens reduction
D
Solution:
An acid chloride, on reduction with
P
d
/
B
a
S
O
4
in boiling xylene, gives aldehyde.
A
c
i
d
c
h
l
or
i
d
e
R
−
−
C
∣∣
O
−
−
Cl
+
H
2
P
d
/
B
a
S
O
4
X
y
l
e
n
e
A
l
d
e
h
y
d
e
R
−
−
C
∣∣
O
−
−
H
+
H
Cl
This reaction is known as Rosenmunds reduction.