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  • Please,please help me Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methylamine?

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

  • Option 1)

    NaOH-Br

  • Option 2)

    Sodalime

  • Option 3)

    Hot conc. H2SO4

  • Option 4)

    PCl5

 

Answers (1)

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As we discussed in concept

Hofmann Bromamide Degradation -

Amines ( only primary ) can also be prepared by Hofmann degradation. In this method the amine will have one carbon atom less than the amide. 

- wherein

 

 CH_{3}CONH_{2}\xrightarrow[Br_{2}]{NaOH}\:OH_{3}NH_{2}


Option 1)

NaOH-Br

This option is correct.

Option 2)

Sodalime

This option is incorrect.

Option 3)

Hot conc. H2SO4

This option is incorrect.

Option 4)

PCl5

This option is incorrect.

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