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Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols

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Write Perkins reaction.

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Perkin's reaction: When benzaldehyde is heated with acetic anhydride in the presence of sodium acetate, it forms cinnamic acid.
$C_{2} H_{5} C H = O + C H - C O - O - C O C H 3 C H_{3} - C O O N a \to Δ C_{5} H_{5} C H = C H - C O O H + C H_{3} C O O H_{3}$ cinnamic acid.

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