Practical:-5 Notes on the Synthesis of Benzilic acid from benzil (Organic Chemistry Reaction)

The Synthesis of Benzilic acid from benzil through the green route and the benzil-Benzilic acid rearrangement.

Justus Von Liebig (1838) found that treating benzil with hydroxide convert into the 2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenylacetic acid after quenching with acid, which he called Benzilic acid.