Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. On heating a mixture of sodium benzoate and sodalime...... is formed.

BHUBHU 2009

Solution:

On heating a mixture of sodium benzoate and sodalime, benzene is formed:
$\underset {\text { sodium benzoate }}{C _{6} H _{5} COONa}+ NaOH \xrightarrow [{\text { Decarboxylation }}]{ CaO , \text { Heat }}\underset{\text { benzene }}{ C _{6} H _{6}}+ Na _{2} CO _{3}$