How will you prepare ethane from sodium salt of fatty acid?

By hydrogenation of sodium salt of fatty acid

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By decarboxylation of sodium salt of fatty acid

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By reduction of sodium salt of fatty acid

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By Wurtz synthesis of sodium salt of fatty acid

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The correct option is B By decarboxylation of sodium salt of fatty acid
Ethane will be prepared by decarboxylation of sodium salt of fatty acid
$C H_{3} C H_{2} C O O H Δ \to C H_{3} - C H_{3}$

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