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QAIPMT-2010-Ch-2001: NEET 2010 Chemistry - Class 12 AIPMT-2010-Ch-2001 Solution: Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately.…

Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methyl amine?

Multiple Choice Options

A NaOH/ $Br_2$
B Sodalime
C Hot conc. $H_2SO_4$
D $PCl_5$

Step-by-Step Verified Solution

Among the given reagents only NaOH/ Br 2 converts -CONH 2 group to -NH 2 group. This is known as Hofmann bromamide reaction. CH 3 -CONH 2 + NaOH +Br 2 _ CH 3 NH 2 + NaBr + Na 2 CO 3 + H 2 O

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