When propionic acid is treated with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, CO_2 is liberated. The carbon of this evolved CO_2 comes from

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When propionic acid is treated with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, CO is liberated. The carbon of this evolved CO comes from

Answer: (D)

This is a simple proton-transfer (acid–base) reaction: the organic acid merely donates H to HCO, which itself decomposes to HO and CO. The acid's own

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