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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 8.2 Carboxylic acids and their derivative

The gas liberated by the electrolysis of Dipotassium succinate solution is

  1. A Ethane
  2. B Ethyne
  3. C Ethene
  4. D Propene
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(C) Ethene

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Ethane is obtained by electrolysis of dipotassium succinate as follows \(\underset{Dipot.\,\,succinate}{\mathop{\begin{matrix} C{{H}_{2}}COOK \\ |\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\ C{{H}_{2}}COOK \\ \end{matrix}}}\,\) \(\xrightarrow{ionization}\)…