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Name the organic compound prepared by each of the following reactions :​
(i) C2H5COONa+NaOH

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When sodium propionate is heated with NaOH+CaO (soda lime). It gives ethane and sodium carbonate as the products. This reaction is called decarboxylation reaction.​ The chemical equation involved in the reaction is as follows:​
C2H5COONa+NaOHC2H6+Na2CO3

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