Q). The chemical that undergoes self oxidation and self reduction in the same reaction is (a) benzyl alcohol (b) acetone (c) formaldehyde (d) acetic acid Share with your friends Share 0 Vartika Jain answered this Dear Student, Self oxidation and self reduction in the same reaction i.e. disproportionation occurs in case of Cannizzaro reaction. It is given by aldehydes having no α-hydrogen. Therefore, the correct answer is (c) formaldehydeHCHO + HCHO →OH- CH3OH + HCOOH 0 View Full Answer Tanishq answered this The required compound is (c) Formaldehyde. The reaction is called Self Cannizzaro Reaction... Here, when HCHO is heated in the presence of NaOH/KOH, formaldyhyde gets reduced to CH3OH... and is oxidised to HCOONa... Hope this helps..... 0
