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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

Sodium benzoate X Y Z\ (major product)

What is the total number of atoms present in one molecule of ?

Answer: 16

Solution

Sodium benzoate, heated with soda lime (NaOH/CaO), undergoes decarboxylation to give benzene, . Benzene is chlorinated to chlorobenzene, . Treating chlorobenzene with concentrated on heating gives, as the major product, 4-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid,

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