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Sodium salts of carboxylic acids on heating with soda lime give alkanes containing _______ than the carboxylic acid

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a

one carbon less

b

one carbon more

c

Either (a) or (b)

d

two carbon less

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Sodium salts of carboxylic acids on heating with soda lime (mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium oxide) give alkanes containing one carbon atom less than the
carboxylic acid. This process of elimination of carbon dioxide from a carboxylic acid is known as decarboxylation
 

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