Nitrogen Containing Compounds Question 40
Question: Acetamide is treated separately with the following reagents. Which would give methyl amine [IIT 1983; CPMT 1988, 94; MP PET 1993; MP PMT 1996; AIIMS 1998]
Options:
A) $ PCl_5 $
B) $ NaOH+Br_2 $
C) Sodalime
D) Hot conc. $ H_2SO_4 $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
$ \underset{Acetamide}{\mathop{CH_3CONH_2}},+Br_2+4NaOH\to $ $ \underset{\text{Methyl amine}}{\mathop{CH_3NH_2}},+Na_2CO_3+2NaBr+2H_2O $
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