Does NaOH react with H2CO3 to produce acetate and oxygen?

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I want to ask that which element can react with CO2 gas to split c and o or what will happen if NaOH reacts with h2co3 NaOH+H2CO3---> 2CH3COONa+2H2O+5O2 IS IT CORRECT?
 
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rajavarshney said:
I want to ask that which element can react with CO2 gas to split c and o or what will happen if HNO3 reacts with h2co3


1) CO2+A---> ?
2) HNO3+H2CO3---> ?
Hi rajavarshney.

I doubt that anyone here is going to provide you with the answers to your homework. You should be able to answer the first by a google search and some easy reading, or I think you will find it in most high school science textbooks in the section on CO2 chemistry.

Good luck!
 
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rajavarshney said:
I want to ask that which element can react with CO2 gas to split c and o or what will happen if NaOH reacts with h2co3


NaOH+H2CO3---> 2CH3COONa+2H2O+5O2 IS IT CORRECT?
Physicsforums frowns on users editing their original post so drastically that it becomes a new & different question. I recommend that you never do that again.

To help in deducing how acid-base reactions may proceed, it will help you immensely if you first break the reagents into their ionic parts:

Na+ + OH─ + H+ + CO3= ⟶ ...

In these reactions, it is almost always the simplest looking re-arrangement that you should try for.

BTW, the compound CH3COONa is named sodium acetate.

I hope you enjoy your study of chemistry as much as I did!