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Which salt of carboxylic acid will be required to prepare ethane by sodalime decarboxylation? Give equation for the reaction.

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Sodium proponate
`underset("Sodium propanate")(CH_(3)CH_(2)COO^(-)Na^(+)) + NaOH underset(Delta)overset(CaO)to underset("Ethane")(CH_(3) - CH_(3)) + Na_(2)CO_(3)`
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