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The cleavage of a 1,2-diol to two carbonyl compounds by periodic acid is known as

  1. AMalaprade oxidation
  2. BClemmensen reduction
  3. CCannizzaro reaction
  4. DWolff-Kishner reduction

Answer: A

Malaprade oxidation is the cleavage of vicinal diols by periodic acid. The other named reactions are a disproportionation of aldehydes and two carbonyl reductions.
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