By passing acetic acid vapour over calcium hydroxide at $600 K$ , the product obtained is:

ethanol

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acetaldehyde

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acetone

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acetic anhydride

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Solution

The correct option is C acetone
The two compounds, calcium hydroxide and acetic acid together react to give calcium acetate.

At $600 K$ , the following reaction takes place:

$(C H_{3} C O O)_{2} C a Δ - \to C H_{3} C O C H_{3} + C a C O_{3}$

Thus, the product obtained is acetone.

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