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The oxidation of toluene to benzadehyde by chromyl chloride is called.
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The oxidation of toluene 
with chromyl chloride 
in 
or 
to give benzaldehyde is called Etard reaction. In this reaction, the chromyl chloride first forms a brown complex, which is separated and then decomposed with 
to give benzaldehyde 
.
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