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Salicylic acid on heating with soda lime...

Salicylic acid on heating with soda lime gives

A

benzene

B

benzoic acid

C

Benzyl alcohol

D

phenol

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D
When heated quickly, salicylic acid sublimes but when heated slowly or heated with soda lime, it undergoes decarboxylation.
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