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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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Answer»  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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