Given below are two statements.
Statement I Aromatic aldehydes and formaldehyde undergo Cannizzaro reaction.
Statement II Aromatic aldehydes are almost as reactive as formaldehyde in nucleophilic addition reactions.
In the light of above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Aromatic aldehydes and formaldehydes don't contain 
-hydrogen and thus undergo Cannizzaro reaction. Formaldehyde is more reactive than aromatic aldehyde in nucleophillic addition reactions. This is due to electron-donating resonance effect of aromatic ring which makes carbon less electrophillic.
Hence, Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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