Given below are two statements.
Statement I A tertiary acid 
usually fail in sodalime catalysed decarboxylation reaction to produce alkane, rationalise.
Statement II Tertiary carbanion is highly unstable,very less likely to be formed.
In the light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the options given below.
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The decarboxylation of a tertiary acid in presence of sodalime involves a carbanion intermediate which is highly unstable and less likely to be formed. Hence, the decarboxylation fails. Also, the tertiary carbanion is highly unstable therefore, very less likely to be formed. Thus, both the statements are true.
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