benzoic acid and phenol are both solids that are insoluble in water. a mixture of the two compounds can be separated by adding a

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benzoic acid and phenol are both solids that are insoluble in water. a mixture of the two compounds can be separated by adding a

queous nahco3 (h2co3 pka

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Arturiano [62] · Answer 1 · 2024-06-26T05:16:54+03:00

The mixture of phenol and benzoic acid is separated by adding $NaHCO_{3}$ to produce brisk effervescence with sodium benzoate .

When benzoic acid react with $NaHCO_{3}$ then sodium benzoate is produced which is soluble in water and separated from non aqueous solvent . Organic compounds are soluble in organic solvent and inorganic compound mainly soluble in inorganic solvent like water.

What is brisk effervescence?

Brisk effervescence is when continuous gas evolution occurs in a chemical reaction like CO2. When HCl is added in $NaHCO_{3}$ then CO2 evolved.