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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question

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Acid chlorides undergo reduction to the corresponding aldehydes on treatment with hydrogen in the presence of Pd/BaSO4. This reaction is called :
Options
A Clemmensen reduction
B Rosenmund reduction
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C Wolf-Kishner reduction
D None of these
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Option B is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

The Rosenmund reduction is the reduction of acid chlorides to aldehydes using H2 gas and a poisoned palladium catalyst (Pd/BaSO4).

Hint

Which reduction converts acid chlorides to aldehydes?

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