concentrated NaOH CH CO + -CH2OH

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A Cannizzaro reaction is the reaction of an aldehyde that has no a-hydrogens with concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide. In this reaction, half the
aldehyde is converted to a carboxylic acid and the other half is converted to an alcohol. Propose a mechanism for the following Cannizzaro reaction:

concentrated NaOH
CH
CO
+
-CH2OH
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