Decarboxylation reaction
When sodium salt of a monocarboxylic acid is heated with soda lime (a mixture of NaOH and Cao in the ratio of 3:1) at about 630 K, alkane is formed.
RCOONa + NaOH -->RH + Na2CO3
In this reaction a CO2 group is removed from carboxylic acid and therefore the reaction is called decarboxylation.
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