In the cannizzaro reaction given below 2Ph-CHO Ph-C H 2 -OH-PhC O 2 -the slowest step is-

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The Cannizaro Reaction

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In the cannizzaro reaction given below
$2 P h - C H O {O H}^{-} - ---------- \to P h - C H_{2} - O H + P h C O_{2}^{-}$
the slowest step is:

the attack of

¯ ¯¯ ¯ O H

at the carbonyl group

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the transfer of hydride ion to the carbonyl group

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the abstraction of a proton from the carboxylic acid

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the deprotonation of

P h - C H_{2} O H

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