Q. When carbon monoxide is passed over solid caustic soda heated to $200℃,$ it forms
A) $Na_{2}CO_{3}$
B) $NaHCO_{3}$
C) $HCOONa$
D) $CH_{3}COONa$
Explanation
(c)
When carbon monoxide is passed over solid caustic soda at $200℃,$ sodium formate is obtained.
$CO + NaOH\ \ \overset{\ \ \ \ \ 200℃/10\ atm\ \ \ \ }{\rightarrow}\ HCOONa$
sodium formate
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