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Self oxidation reduction reaction of aldehyde is Cannizarro's rection in which two molecules of aldehydes react to produced a primary alcohol of carboxylic acid in pressence of NaOH.
`underset(("Formaldehyde"))(2HCHO) + NaOH to underset(("Sodium formate"))(HCOONa) + underset(("Ethyl alcohol"))(CH_(3)OH)`
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