Multiple choice

In which of the following reactions, Pb/BaSO4 catalysis is used?

  1. Perkin reaction

  2. Tishchenko reaction

  3. Rosenmund reaction

  4. Clemmensen reaction

  5. Reformatsky reaction
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because aldehydes are formed more easily to get reduced with acid chloride, but their reduction is checked by barium sulphate. The catalytic hydrogenation of acid chlorides allows the formation of aldehydes.

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