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Cannizzaro reaction

Can·niz·za·ro reaction [ ¦kanə¦zä(ˌ)rō-]

Cannizzaro reaction

noun

[¦kanə¦zä(ˌ)rō-]

Definition of Cannizzaro reaction

: a reaction of aldehydes with caustic alkali in which one molecule of aldehyde is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and another molecule is oxidized to the salt of the corresponding acid

History and Etymology for Cannizzaro reaction

after Stanislao Cannizzaro †1910 Italian chemist

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