MHT CET Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsMHT CET

Formaldehyde is obtained on a commercial scale by the oxidation of

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Solution

Methanol vapour with air over a Cu or Ag catalyst is oxidised to HCHO on a commercial scale; ethanol gives acetaldehyde,

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