BENZALDEHYDE SYNTHESIS via ketonic decarboxylation

KEEP IN MIND THAT ANYTIME YOU WORK WITH FORMIC ACID OR IT'S SALTS YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE OF MAKING CARBON MONOXIDE WHICH KILLS PEOPLE. CAUSE YOU CAN NOT SMELL IT. SO DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT A FUME HOOD. Just talking about ketonic decarboxylation. One way to synthesize benzaldehyde. It is very low yielding but the precursors are all easy to get chemicals and cheap. So if you just need a half mole or something to do a few experiments with then it might be a viable route. Otherwise it is not because of the low yield. It is the SAME EXACT experiment as when you do a soda lime decarboxylation so that is the main competing reaction. Can you use less or more heat to sway the equilibrium more towards making the benzaldehyde instead of benzene. Maybe I do not know. I have never done the experiment to make a ketone. NIle red makes acetone from calcium acetate using a ketonic decarboxylation. Great video although he should have used a metal pot instead of glass. His yield was about 33 % but he did use impure calcium acetate. And he did not purify the acetone that much so the yield would be even lower. Here is a link to his video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44cyq4BxCD8