cannizzaro reaction

cannizzaro reaction
\\|kanə|zä(ˌ)rō-, -nət|sä-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Stanislao Cannizzaro died 1910 Italian chemist
: a reaction of aldehydes with caustic alkali in which one molecule of aldehyde is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and another molecule is oxidized to the salt of the corresponding acid

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