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Assertion: Formaldehyde cannot be prepared by Rosenmund's reduction. Reason: Acid chlorides can be reduced into aldehydes with hydrogen in boiling xylene using palladium or platinum as a catalyst supported on barium sulphate. This is known as Rosenmund's reduction.

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If both ASSERTION and reason are true and the reason is the correct EXPLANATION of the assertion
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
If assertion is true but reason is false
If the assertion and reason both are false

Solution :HCHO cannot be prepared by ROSENMUND's reduction because formyl chloride in unstable at ROOM TEMPERATURE.


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