A colourless liquid, at room temperature, reacts with soda-lime to form sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and ammonia gas. The liquid is

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Only amides (but not acids and esters) undergo hydrolysis in presence of soda-lime to form sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and ammonia gas. Further, since the given compound is a liquid, it must be formamide, because propanamide is a solid.

A colourless liquid, at room temperature, reacts with soda-lime to form sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and…

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