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Published on: August 13, 2026
Sodium salt of X is heated with soda lime and gives ethane, X is:
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C
Sodium salt of any carboxylic acid with hot soda lime undergo decarboxylation to form
alkane which has one carbon atom less than the parent molecule.
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