JEE Main Chemistry question

Pure methane can be produced by [WB-JEE 2007]

(A)Wurtz reaction
(B)Kolbe's electrolytic method
(C)Soda lime decarboxylationCorrect
(D)Reduction with H

Answer: (C)

Solution

Wurtz reaction and Kolbe's electrolysis both involve coupling of two alkyl fragments, so they cannot give the one-carbon alkane methane (which has no C–C bond to form

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