Aldehydes Ketones Question 94
Question: On heating calcium acetate and calcium formate, the product formed is
[DPMT 1984; EAMCET 1985; MP PMT 1996, 92; KCET 1990; CPMT 1979, 82, 84; BIT 1992; RPET 2000]
Options:
A) $ CH_3COCH_3 $
B) $ CH_3CHO $
C) $ HCHO+CaCO_3 $
D) $ CH_3CHO+CaCO_3 $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
$ \begin{matrix} CH_3COO \\ CH_3COO \\ \end{matrix}>Ca+Ca<\begin{matrix} OOCH \\ OOCH \\ \end{matrix}\xrightarrow{Distill} $
$ 2CH_3CHO+2CaCO_3 $
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