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Q. The major product formed when alkyl iodide is treated with excess of ammonia

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Hofmann's ammonolysis of alkyl halides usually gives a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines along with some quaternary ammonium salts. However, primary amine is obtained as a major product by taking large excess of ammonia