Carboxylic Acids Question 104
Question: Oxalic acid on being heated upto $ 90^{o}C $ with conc. $ H_2SO_4 $ forms
[AFMC 1989; MP PET 1994; MP PMT 1989]
Options:
A) $ HCOOH+CO_2 $
B) $ CO_2+H_2O $
C) $ CO_2+CO+H_2O $
D) $ HCOOH+CO $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ \begin{matrix} COOH \\ \overset{|}{\mathop{C}}OOH \\ \end{matrix}+H_2SO_4\xrightarrow{95^{o}C}CO+CO_2+H_2O $
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