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What is produced in Oxo process?(a) Alcohols(b) Aldehydes(c) Ketones(d) Carboxylic acidI have been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.My question comes from Processes of Fischer Synthesis in chapter Hydrocarbon Synthesis and Hydroformylation of Unit Processes

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The correct answer is (b) Aldehydes

Easiest EXPLANATION: This REACTION of an olefin with hydrogen and carbon MONOXIDE in the presence of a cobalt CATALYST to PRODUCE aldehydes, containing one carbon atom more than that of the hydrocarbon in the feed.



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