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Q. Intermediates formed during reaction of $RCONH_{2}$ with $Br_{2}$ and $KOH$ are

Amines

Solution:

The reaction $RCONH _{2}+ Br _{2}+ KOH \rightarrow RNH _{2}$ is known as Hoffmann-bromamide reaction. The mechanism of the reaction is
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This reaction is used in the descent of series, i.e. for preparing a lower homologue from a higher one.