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Benzene carbaldehyde is reacted with concentrated NaOH solution, to give the products 'A' and 'B'. The prodcut 'B' is an aromatic hydroxy compounds where OH group in linked to `sp^(3)` hybridised carbon atom next to benzene ring. The products 'A' and 'B' are respectibvely:

A

Sodium benzoate and phenol

B

Sodium benzoate and phenyl methanol

C

Sodium benzoate and cresol

D

Sodium benzoate and picric acid

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B

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 food preservative.
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