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13.7     Write short notes on the following:

                (iii) Hofmann’s bromamide reaction

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Hofmann’s bromamide reaction-
When an amide is treated with bromine in aqueous solution or ethanolic solution of sodium hydroxide. It produces primary amines with one less carbon atom than the parent compound. This reaction is known as the Hoffmann bromide degradation reaction.

+\: Br_2 \: +4NaOH\: \rightarrow R-NH_2\: +Na_2CO_3\:+2NaBr\: +2H_2O


R = alkyl group like CH_{3},C_{2}H_{5}....etc

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