JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Carboxylic Acids Question Bank Properties of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

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    Acetamide is      [MP PET 1990; RPMT 1999]

    A)                 Acidic   

    B)                 Basic

    C)                 Neutral

    D)                 Amphoteric

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               Acetamide can behave as weak acid as well as base.                    \[C{{H}_{3}}-CO-N{{H}_{2}}+HCl\to \underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  \text{Acetamide}\,\text{hydrogen}\, \\  \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{chloride} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}CONH_{3}^{+}C{{l}^{-}}}}\,\]                                 \[2C{{H}_{3}}CON{{H}_{2}}+HgO\to \underset{\text{Mercuric}\,\text{acetamide}}{\mathop{{{(C{{H}_{3}}CONH)}_{2}}Hg+{{H}_{2}}O}}\,\]


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