Chemistry, asked by Vikram8747, 9 months ago

What is decarboxylation? Give an example

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Answered by babubhattacharya73

Explanation:

Explanation: We get an alkane when we decarboxylate the sodium salt of a carboxylic acid by heating it with soda lime (a 3:1 mixture of caustic soda NaOH and quicklime CaO ).

Answered by Anonymous

Explanation:

$<p style ="Color:yellow; font-family: cursive; background:black;font size25px;"> Carboxylic acids loss carbon dioxide to form hydrocarbons when their sodium sulphate are heated with soda lime . This reaction is called decarboxylation.$