IIT 1987

How can u prepare benzene from lime ??

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

Which lime are you referring to?

11
Gone.. ·

only "lime" is given in the question.

39
Pritish Chakraborty ·

Agar sodalime hai(CaO) then we react benzoic acid in presence of NaOH with it.

11
Gone.. ·

no u cant use benzoic acid..apart from lime try to use only very common reagents ..ex : H2O

found d solution today in a magazine...ne1 trying ??else il post the solution.

11
Gone.. ·

@ pritish : here lime is CaO only.

39
Pritish Chakraborty ·

Let others post also...then you can give the ans.

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RAY ·

dude can u convert CaO + C into calcium carbide n den prepare ethyne from it....n den heating ethyne in cupper tube will give benzene...?????

11
Gone.. ·

ya..thats it.

1
RAY ·

i was just goin through alkynes n came across it:)

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