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Vapours of acetic acid, when passes over MnO at $300^{0} C$ , gives:

A

acetaldehyde

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acetone

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acetylacetone

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D

formaldehyde

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Solution

The correct option is B acetone
2 moles of acetic acid when passed over $M n O$ at $300^{o}$ C give acetone.
Hence, option B is correct.

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