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Cannizzaro disproportionation: 2 benzaldehyde → benzyl alcohol + sodium benzoate Scale Disproportionation Textbook redox disproportionation of an α-H-free aldehyde. Concentrated NaOH drives hydride transfer between two benzaldehyde molecules: one is reduced to benzyl alcohol, the other oxidised to sodium … Cannizzaro 1853
Cannizzaro reaction Disproportionation The Cannizzaro reaction, named after its discoverer Stanislao Cannizzaro, is a chemical reaction which involves the base-induced disproportionation of two molecules of a non-enolizable aldehyde to giv… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Evans–Tishchenko reaction Disproportionation The Evans–Tishchenko reaction is the diastereoselective reduction of β-hydroxy ketones to the corresponding 1,3-anti diol monoesters. The reaction employs a Lewis acid, often samarium iodide, and an a… Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions
Tishchenko reaction Disproportionation The Tishchenko reaction is an organic chemical reaction that involves disproportionation of an aldehyde in the presence of an alkoxide. The reaction is named after Russian organic chemist Vyacheslav … Wikipedia: Category:Name reactions

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