1)

An acyl chloride is hydrogenated over catalyst palladium on barium sulphate to form an aldehyde. This reaction  is called as


A) Wolff-Kishner reduction

B) Etard reaction

C) Rosenmund reduction

D) Stephen reaction

Answer:

Option C

Explanation:

 When acyl chloride is hydrogenated over catalyst palladium on barium sulphate to form an aldehyde.

 This reaction is called Rosenmund reduction.

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 It is a hydrogenation process in which are acyl chloride selectively reduced to an aldehyde