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Consider the following comments about saponification reactions:

(I) Heat is evolved in these reaction.


(II) For quick precipitation of soap sodium chloride is added to the reaction mixture.


(III) Saponification reactions are special kind of neutralization reactions.


(IV) Soaps are basic salts of long chain fatty acids.


The correct comments are:

Saponification is a hydrolysis reaction and not a neutralization reaction since it does not lead to formation of any water molecule.

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