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(halfapint: "Re: Alternative Way To Make Benzaldehyde", Chemistry Discourse)Post 227441 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=6601.msg22744100#msg22744100)
(halfapint: "Re: Alternative Way To Make Benzaldehyde", Chemistry Discourse)The following methods are available for the preparation of the aromatic aldehydes...
(4) Aromatic aldehydes are formed (usually in very low yield) by heating the calcium salts of aromatic acids with calcium formate:
(C6H5COO)2Ca + (HCOO)2Ca --> 2(CaCO3) + 2(C6H5CHO) Benzaldehyde
This reaction has its identical counterpart in the aliphatic series.
The part I emphasized is what makes me glum. I get happier when a ref states "usually in very high yield."