Which the following reagents can be used separately on acetamide to get methyl amine

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Which the following reagents can be used separately on acetamide to get methyl amine

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Options:

A $P C l_{5}$
B $N a O H + B r_{2}$
C Sodalime
D Hot conc. $H_{2} S O_{4}$

Solution:

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The correct answer is:

N a O H + B r_{2}

\underset{A c e t a m i d e}{C H_{3} C O N H_{2}} + B r_{2} + 4 N a O H \to \underset{M e t h y l a m i n e}{C H_{3} N H_{2}} + N a C O_{3} + 2 N a B r + 2 H_{2} O

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