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Q. In the conversion of methyl amine to methyl alcohol, the acid used is :

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Explanation: Aliphatic primary amine forms a primary alcohol on reacting with nitrous acid
$R - NH _{2}+ HONO \rightarrow R - OH + N _{2}+ H _{2} O$