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Question
How can the following conversion be brought about:
Acetic acid to methylamine.
Solution
\[\ce{CH3COOH->[NaOH + CaO][Heat] CH4 ->[Cl2, hv] CH3Cl ->[NH3 alc.][Heat] CH3 - NH2}\]
Or
\[\ce{CH3COOH ->[NH3 , Heat] CH3CONH2 ->[Br2 + KOH] CH3 - NH2}\]
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