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How can saline hydrides remove traces of water from organic compouds? |
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Answer» Saline hydrides react with water forming their correspondigng metal hydroxide and liberate `H_(2)` gas. `CaH_(2)+H_(2)Oto Ca(OH)_(2)+H_(2)uarr` Thus, traces of water present in organic compounds can be easily removed by distilling them over saline hydrides, when `H_(2)` escapes into the atmosphere, metal hydroxide is left in the flask while dry organic solvent distils over. |
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