Question

What happens when aromatic carboxylic acid are heated with soda lime

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Distillation of soda lime (NaOH + CaO) with sodium salts of carboxylic acids result in decarboxylation reaction thereby forming alkanes

Answer 2

Answer:

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.

Explanation:

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