• The Cannizzaro reaction, named after its discoverer Stanislao Cannizzaro, is a chemical reaction which involves the base-induced disproportionation of...
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    famous for the Cannizzaro reaction and for his influential role in the atomic-weight deliberations of the Karlsruhe Congress in 1860. Cannizzaro was born in...
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    aldehyde slowly to the said reaction mixture. Using too concentrated base could lead to a competing Cannizzaro reaction. The Aldox process, developed...
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  • aluminium alkoxides are effective catalysts for the reaction. In the related Cannizzaro reaction, the base is sodium hydroxide and then the oxidation...
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    for a base-catalyzed self-condensation (Cannizzaro reaction) to occur. A general scheme of the Cannizzaro reaction is depicted below. There have been a series...
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  • for the reaction, consisting of the following steps: The reaction exhibits an induction period, during which only the nonproductive Cannizzaro disproportionation...
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  • hydrogenation catalyst then reduces to the alcohol. The Cannizzaro reaction is a competing reaction when two aldehyde molecules react by disproportionation...
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    For laboratory use, Grignard reaction of phenylmagnesium bromide (C6H5MgBr) with formaldehyde and the Cannizzaro reaction of benzaldehyde also give benzyl...
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  • Cannizzaro reaction, an aldehyde is converted into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid. In the related Tishchenko reaction, the organic redox reaction product...
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    can still result in substantial byproducts. Examples include the Cannizzaro reaction, in which approximately 50% of the reactant aldehyde becomes the...
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