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Q. Acetamide and ethylamine can be distinguished by reacting with

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Acetamide in the presence of $NaOH$ and heat changes to acetic acid while ethylamine does not undergo any reaction.
$\underset{\text { Acetamide }}{ CH _{3} CONH _{2}} \longrightarrow CH _{3} COOH + NH _{3} \uparrow$