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Q. The well known urinary antiseptic urotropine is formed when formaldehyde reacts with

BITSATBITSAT 2011

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When formaldehyde reacts with ammonia, a well known urinary antiseptic urotropine (also called hexamethylene tetramine) is obtained.
$6 HCHO +4 NH _{3} \rightarrow\left( CH _{2}\right)_{6} N _{4}+6 H _{2} O$

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