Not from Sodium acetate. It does not give acetone on thermal decomposition. Try alkaline earth acetates like Calcium acetate, Magnesium acetate. Yes, you can do dry distillation to make acetone but the problem is it will crack the laboratory glassware. Instead, try it in a metal container
Do tests for propionate
Sorry, I don't have any propionate or propionic acid. I'll try to post it in the future
So could you dry distil acetone from sodium acetate if you couldnt get acetone?
Not from Sodium acetate. It does not give acetone on thermal decomposition. Try alkaline earth acetates like Calcium acetate, Magnesium acetate. Yes, you can do dry distillation to make acetone but the problem is it will crack the laboratory glassware. Instead, try it in a metal container
@Shivachemist should have realised, what would decomposition product of sodium acetate be ? A Carbonate plus methane and co2?