Question
How to do the following conversion:
$RCOOCI + ? \rightarrow RCHO$

Answer

Catalytic hydrogenation of acid chloride using $H_2-Pd, BaSO_4$ converts acid chloride selectively to aldehydes $(BaSO_4$ reduces the activity of palladium$).$ This is known as Rosenmund Reduction.
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