Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives 2 Question 15
15. Acetamide is treated separately with the following reagents. Which one of these would give methyl amine?
$(1983,1 \mathrm{M})$
(a) $\mathrm{PCl}_{5}$
(b) $\mathrm{NaOH}+\mathrm{Br}_{2}$
(c) Sodalime
(d) Hot conc. $\mathrm{H}{2} \mathrm{SO}{4}$
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 15. $(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{c})$
Solution:
- $\mathrm{CH}{3}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{NH}{2}+\mathrm{Br}{2}+\mathrm{NaOH} \longrightarrow \mathrm{CH}{3} \mathrm{NH}_{2}$ “Hofmann’s bromamide reaction”.
