What happens when benzoic acid react with sodium bicarbonate?
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Interactions in the solid state. II: Interaction of sodium bicarbonate with substituted benzoic acids in the presence of moisture. ... The reaction products are carbon dioxide, water, and the sodium salt of the acid. The kinetic rate-determining step for this reaction is the dehydration of carbonic acid.
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This reaction is basically an acid-base reaction. This reaction is usually carried out in aqueous solution. To a suspension of benzoic acid in water (Benzoic acid being sparingly soluble in water) is added slowly an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate with stirring till effervescence continues (effervescence due to formation of carbon dioxide) when a clear solution of sodium benzoate is obtained (sodium benzoate, Na salt of Benzoic acid being water soluble). The reaction is shown below. 2 C6H5 COOH + Na2CO3 = 2 C6H5COONa + CO2 +H2O.
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