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Q. Acetamide reacts with bromine and caustic potash to give

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Solution:

$\underset{\text{Acetamide}}{{CH_{3}CONH_{2}}}+Br_{2}+4KOH \to \underset{\text{Methyl amine}}{CH_{3}NH_{2}}+2 KBr+K_{2}CO_{3}+2H_{2}O$
This reaction is known as Hoffmann bromamide degradation reaction