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Q. At $400\, K$ sodium phenoxide reacts with $CO_{2}$ to produce:

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Sodium phenoxide and $CO _{2}$ reacts at $390-415\, K$ to produce sodium salicylate by Kolbe reaction
$\underset{\text{sod.salicylate}}{C _{6} H _{5} ONa} + CO _{2} \xrightarrow{ 390-415\, K }$

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