Which of the following reaction is appropriate for converting acetamide to methanamine?

Which of the following reaction is appropriate for converting acetamide to methanamine?

Carbylamine reaction
Hofmann bromamide reaction
Stephens reaction
Gabriels phthalimide synthesis

Solution

{CH}_{3} - \overset{\overset{O}{||}}{C} - {NH}_{2} + {Br}_{2} + 4 NaOH \overset{Δ}{\to} {CH}_{3} - {NH}_{2} + 2 NaBr + {Na}_{2} {CO}_{3} + 3 H_{2} O

This is Hofmann bromamide reaction.

Asked in: NEET 2017

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