Hydrolysis of an ester gives a carboxylic acid which on Kolbe's electrolysis yields ethane. The ester is

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Hydrolysis of an ester gives a carboxylic acid which on Kolbe's electrolysis yields ethane. The ester is (A) ethyl methanoate (B) methyl ethanoate (C) propyl amine (D) ethyl amine.

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Correct answer is (b) methyl ethanoate

Q. Hydrolysis of an ester gives a carboxylic acid which on Kolbe's electrolysis yields ethane. The ester is

ethyl methanoate

methyl ethanoate

propyl amine

ethyl amine.

Correct answer is (b) methyl ethanoate