When lunar caustic reacts with acetylene gas, it yields:
A
Ag2O2
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B
AgCOOH
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C
Ag2C2
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D
Ag
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Solution
The correct option is DAg2C2 When acetylene gas is passed into ammonical Lunar caustic (i.e., silver nitrate solution), a white precipitate of silver acetylide is obtained. 2AgNO3+2NH4OH+C2H2→2NH4NO3+2H2O+Ag2C2↓