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What is the product formed when sodium proplonate is heated with soda lime?

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Decarboxylation of sodium propionate: Sodium propionate on heating with soda lime (Soda lime =NaOH+CaO) gives ethane.
`CH_(3)-CH_(2)-COONa underset(Delta)overset(CaO)to C_(2)H_(6)+Na_(2)CO_(3)`
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