Assertion :Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives butane. Reason: Decarboxylation reaction yields alkanes having same number of carbon atoms as the parent acid.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives propane as decarboxylation reaction gives alkanes having one carbon atom less than the carboxylic acid.

Hence, both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

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Assertion :Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives butane. Reason: Decarboxylation reaction yields alkanes having same number of carbon atoms as the parent acid.

The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrectSodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives propane as decarboxylation reaction gives alkanes having one carbon atom less than the carboxylic acid.Hence, both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives propane as decarboxylation reaction gives alkanes having one carbon atom less than the carboxylic acid.

Hence, both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.