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Q. The compound obtained by the reaction of acetic anhydride and ammonia is:

Jharkhand CECEJharkhand CECE 2002

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The reaction of anhydride of ammonia is called ammonolysis. It results in formation of amide.
$\underset{\text { acetic anhydride }}{\left( CH _{3} CO \right)_{2} O }+2 NH _{3} \rightarrow \underset{\text { acetamide }}{2 CH _{3} CONH _{2}}$