Question

Sodium formate on heating gives

• A. oxalic acid and ${{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}$
• B. sodium oxalate and ${{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}$
• C. sodium oxalate
• D. $\text{C}{{\text{O}}_{\text{2}}}$ and caustic soda

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

sodium oxalate and ${{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}$

Answer 2

$\begin{matrix} \text{HCOONa} \\\ \text{HCOONa} \\\ \end{matrix}\xrightarrow{\text{ }\\!\\!\Delta\\!\\!\text{ }}\begin{matrix} \underset{\text{ }\\!\\!|\\!\\!\text{ }}{\mathop{\text{COONa}}}\, \\\ \text{COONa} \\\ \end{matrix}\text{+}\,{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}$