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Q. Hydrolysis of $CH_{3}CH_{2}NO_{2}$ with 85% $H_{2}SO_{4}$ gives

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In acidic medium nitro alkane tautomerises to acitonitro form, which further undergoes hydrolysis. $CH_{3}CH_{2}NO_{2}+H_{2}O\overset{H_{2} S O_{4}}{ \rightarrow }CH_{3}COOH+NH_{2}OH$