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)



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