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Friday, January 31, 2014

Give 2 methods of preparation of benzene.

Give 2 methods of preparation of benzene.
1. Benzene is formed when sodium benzoate is heated with soda lime(NaOH + CaO)
C6H5COONa + NaOH  CaO> C6H6 + Na2CO3

 2. Benzene is formed on distillation of phenol with Zn.
C6H5O + ZnH------> C6H6 + ZnO
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