Benzene carbaldehyde is reacted with concentrated NaOH solution to give the products A and B. The product A can be used food preservative and the product B is an aromatic hydroxy compound where OH group is linked to sp^3 hybridised carbon atom next to Benzene ring. The products A and B are respectively,

Benzene carbaldehyde is reacted with concentrated NaOH solution to giv

1.	Benzene carbaldehyde is reacted with concentrated NaOH solution to give the products A and B. The product A can be used food preservative and the product B is an aromatic hydroxy compound where OH group is linked to sp^3 hybridised carbon atom next to Benzene ring. The products A and B are respectively,
Answer» SODIUM benzoate and phenol sodium benzoate and phenyl methanol sodium benzoate and cresol sodium benzoate and picric acid. Solution : This is CANNIZZARO REACTION where one molecule gets reduced to alcohol and other gets oxidised to sodium salt of carboxylic acid . Sodium benzoate is used as a fodd preservative .