During a disproportionation experiment using 50 percent sodium hydroxide, which of the following aldehydes fails to undergo the Cannizzaro reaction?
Q1. During a disproportionation experiment using 50 percent sodium hydroxide, which of the following aldehydes fails to undergo the Cannizzaro reaction?
Answer: Acetaldehyde
Explanation: Cannizzaro reaction requires aldehydes without alpha-hydrogens. Acetaldehyde undergoes Aldol condensation instead because it possesses three alpha-hydrogens on its methyl group.