Navigate

Heating a mixture of sodium benzoate and soda lime gives

Heating a mixture of sodium benzoate and soda lime gives

Options

(a) toluene
(b) aniline
(c) benzene
(d) none of these

Correct Answer:

benzene

Explanation:

C₆H₅ – COONa + NaOH → C₆H₆ + Na₂CO₃ .
Sodium benzoate on heating with sodalime undergoes decarboxylation reaction giving benzene.

BHU1999
admin:

Related Questions

  1. certain crystals produce electric signals on application of pressur.This phenomenon
  2. What is the general outer electronic configuration of the coinage metals?
  3. The electrophile in the nitration of benzene is
  4. Gold number gives
  5. The reduction of benzoyl chloride with H₂/Pd BaSO₄ gives