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Synthesis of Aldehydes and Ketones Using Carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives

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Which one of the following reactions is called Rosenmund reaction?

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Aldehydes are reduced to alcohols.

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Acids are converted to acid chlorides.

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Alcohols are reduced to hydrocarbons.

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Acid chlorides are reduced to aldehydes.

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Solution

The correct option is D Acid chlorides are reduced to aldehydes.

The Rosenmund reduction is a hydrogenation process in which an acyl chloride is selectively reduced to an aldehyde.

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