Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methyl amine?

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Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methyl amine?, P C l 5, N a O H/ B r 2, Sodalime, Hot conc. H 2 S O 4

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Acetamide on reaction with B r 2 / K O H gives methylamine it is known as Hoffmann Bromamide reaction. C H 3 C O N H 2 + B r 2 + 4 K O H → C H 3 N H 2 + K 2 C O 3 + 2 K B r + 2 H 2 O

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