Your Friend Combines Vinegar (Which Contains Acetic Acid, CH₃COOH) and Baking

Multiple Choice

Your friend combines vinegar (which contains acetic acid, CH₃COOH) and baking soda (NaHCO₃) and ends up with a runny foam. Your friend is pretty sure that the reaction produces water and carbon dioxide, which he can see just by looking at the foam, but he is unsure of what else the reaction produces. Given the partial reaction below, what do you tell your friend? NaHCO₃ + CH₃COOH → H₂O + CO₂ + ?

A) This reaction also produces CH₃COONa.
B) This reaction also produces CH₄.
C) This reaction also produces O₂.
D) This reaction only produces H₂O and CO₂.
E) This reaction probably produces something else, but it is not possible to determine the identity of the other product(s) .