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how will you prepare propane from sodium salt of fatty acid ​

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Sodium butanoate ( sodium salt of butanoic acid ) on heating with sodalime yields propane by decarboxylation.

CH3CH2CH2COONa + NaOH = CH3CH2CH3 + Na2CO3

Sodalime is a solid mixture of caustic soda and quicklime (NaOH + CaO).

Explanation:

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