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Reduction, Oxidation and Hydrolysis in Organic Chemistry
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Hydrolysis of esters, amides, nitriles and halides
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Difficulty 1 of 3
ro040
Benzal chloride,
C
X
6
H
X
5
CHCl
X
2
, on hydrolysis with aqueous NaOH gives
A
benzyl alcohol
B
benzoic acid
C
benzaldehyde
D
phenol
Answer: C
Both chlorines are replaced by OH to give an unstable gem-diol, which loses water to give the aldehyde:
C
X
6
H
X
5
CHCl
X
2
C
X
6
H
X
5
CH
(
OH
)
X
2
C
X
6
H
X
5
CHO
.
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