An acylchloride is hydrogenated over catalyst palladium on barium sulphate to form an aldehyde. This…

An acylchloride is hydrogenated over catalyst palladium on barium sulphate to form an aldehyde. This reaction is called as
  1. Stephen reaction
  2. Rosenmund reduction
  3. Etard reaction
  4. Wolff- Kishner reduction

Solution

An acylchloride is hydrogenated over catalyst palladium on barium sulphate to form an aldehyde. This reaction is called as rosenmund reduction. Explanation: When acylchloride is used, To make an aldehyde, it is hydrogenated over a palladium catalyst on barium sulphate. Rosenmund reduction is the name for this reaction.
It's a hydrogenation procedure in which acylchloride is reduced to an aldehyde selectively.

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 2)

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