Amines - Result Question 28
####30. Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methylamine?
[2010]
(a) $NaOH-Br_2$
(b) Sodalime
(c) Hot conc. $H_2 SO_4$
(d) $PCl_5$
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Solution:
(a) $CH_3 CONH_2 \xrightarrow[Br_2]{NaOH} CH_3 NH_2$
(Hofmann bromamide reaction)