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When acetaldehyde is treated with a aluminium ethoxide, it forms:

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ethyl acetate
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ethyl alcohol
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acetic acid
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methyl propionate
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Solution

The correct option is A ethyl acetate
When aultaldehyde is treated with a aluminium ethoxide [Al(OEt)3]
it forms ethylacetate
Reaction is as follows:-
o||CH3CHAl(OEt)3−−−−o||CH3CoCH2CH3
This reaction is called Tishchenko reaction.


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