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Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols

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If the following transformation is done with an alkene as an intermediate product, an aldehyde with $x$ number of carbons is produced alongside with benzaldehyde. What is $x$ ?

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Dehydration of 1-phenylethanol in acidic medium gives styrene. Ozonolysis followed by reduction gives benzaldehyde and formaldehyde

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