NEET Chemistry NEET PYQ-Carboxylic Acids

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    Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methyl amine? [AIPMT (S) 2010]

    A) \[NaOH-B{{r}_{2}}\]

    B) Sodalime

    C) Hot conc\[{{H}_{2}}S{{O}_{4}}\]

    D) \[PC{{l}_{5}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] Key Idea The reagent which can convert\[-\text{CON}{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\]group into \[-N{{H}_{2}}\] group is used for this reaction.
    Among the given reagents only \[NaOH/B{{r}_{2}}\]converts \[-CON{{H}_{2}}\]group to \[-N{{H}_{2}}\] group, thus it is used for converting ace amide to methyl amine. This reaction is called Hofmann bromamide reaction.
    \[\underset{acetamide}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}CON{{H}_{2}}}}\,+NaOH+B{{r}_{2}}\xrightarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{methyl\,a\min e}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}N{{H}_{2}}}}\,\]\[+NaBr+N{{a}_{2}}C{{O}_{3}}+{{H}_{2}}O\]


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