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Question
Acetamide is heated with bromine and sodium hydroxide solution.
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Solution
Methylamine is formed.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Acetamide}}{CH_3CONH_2} + Br_2 + 4NaOH ->[\Delta] CH_3NH_2 + Na_2CO_3 + 2NaBr + 2H_2O}\]
This is Hoffmann’s bromamide reaction.
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