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Lesson 1 Quiz: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Wöhler’s Synthesis and Alkanes

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Why is soda lime (NaOH + CaO) preferred over pure sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in the laboratory dry distillation preparation of methane?
Calcium oxide oxidizes methane to carbon dioxide
Calcium oxide acts as a flux that lowers the melting point of the reaction mixture
Pure sodium hydroxide is explosive when dry
Calcium oxide acts as a reducing agent