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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 13. GOC

The compound that does NOT liberate CO2, on treatment with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, is 

  1. A Benzoic acid
  2. B Benzenesulphonic acid
  3. C Salicylic acid
  4. D Carbolic acid (Phenol)
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(D) Carbolic acid (Phenol)

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Except phenol, all other options are either carboxylic acids or sulphonic acids, which are comparatively strong. Phenol is a very weak acid  K a 1 0 -1 0  and  hence will not displace CO2 from NaHCO3
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