Cannizzaro reaction

Definition: The disproportionation of a non-enolisable aldehyde to the corresponding carboxylic acid and alcohol. The reaction is base-catalysed.

ID: RXNO:0000218

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Theoretical study of Al(iii)-catalyzed conversion of glyoxal to glycolic acid: dual activated 1,2-hydride shift mechanism by protonated Al(OH)₃ species
Takashi Ohshima, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Usaji Takaki, Yoshihisa Inoue, Takuya Saeki, Kenji Itou, Yusuke Maegawa, Takanori Iwasaki and Kazushi Mashima, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 2688
DOI: 10.1039/b902729g

Enhanced acyl radical formation in the Au nanoparticle-catalysed aldehyde oxidation
Marco Conte, Hiroyuki Miyamura, Shū Kobayashi and Victor Chechik, Chem. Commun., 2010 , 46 , 145
DOI: 10.1039/b918200d