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Shivendra Pandey
Dec 23, 2017

Ethanoic acid on reaction with #"Na""H""C""O"_3# gives carboxylate anion which is resonance stabilized.

Explanation:

Ethanoic acid with 🔶🔶 #"Na""H""C""O"_3# :-

#"C""H"_3##"C""O""O""H"# #+# #"Na""H""C""O"_3#––––––> #"C""H"_3##"C""O""O"##"Na"#+ #+# #"H"_2##"O"##+##"C""O"_2#

🔷🔷 On reaction with metals and alkalies,
Cleavage of #"O"##-##"H"# bond occurs in Carboxylic acid and it gives resonance stabilized Sodium Carboxylate anion with release of #"C""O"_2# gas.

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