Dry distillation of a mixture of calcium formate and the calcium acetate mainly gives:

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H C H O

C H 3 C H O

C H 3 C O C H 3

None of the above

answer is B.

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Concept- Dry distillation is a method to separate solid materials by heating them and converting them to gaseous products and then condensing and recollecting them in different beakers.
When calcium salts of different carboxylic acids are heated, they produce aldehyde or ketone and calcium carbonate. Thus, when a mixture of calcium formate and the calcium acetate undergoes dry distillation, the reaction takes place as-
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Hence, dry distillation of a mixture of calcium formate and the calcium acetate mainly gives

C H 3 C H O

(acetaldehyde).
Hence, the correct option is 2.

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