Question

discuss the decarboxylation of carboxylic acid.explain with reactions.

Answer 1

The reaction

The solid sodium salt of a carboxylic acid is mixed with solid soda lime, and the mixture is heated.

For example, if you heat sodium ethanoate with soda lime, you get methane gas formed:



This reaction can be done with certain carboxylic acids themselves. For example, benzene can be made by heating soda lime with solid benzoic acid (benzenecarboxylic acid), C6H5COOH

Answer 2

CH3COONa + CaO gives CH4