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Which of the following is the intermediate unstable salt in Hofmann bromamide reaction or Hofmann degradation of Acetamide?

Option: 1


Option: 2


Option: 3


Option: 4


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Hoffmann Bromamide Reaction -

Amides on reaction with Br2 or Cl2 in alkali give 1o amine with one C atom less than the parent amide. This is known as Hofmann bromamide rearrangement or degradation reaction. The reaction occurs as follows:

From the mechanism it is evident that the unstable intermediate salt in the Hoffman's degradation reaction of Acetamide is 

Hence, the correct answer is Option (4)

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