Question
How will you convert:
Nitromethane into dimethylamine.
Nitromethane into dimethylamine.
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Answer
Nitromethane into dimethylamine
$\text{CH}_3\text{NO}_2+6[\text{H}]\xrightarrow[]{\text{Sn}/\text{HCl}}\text{CH}_3\text{NH}_2\xrightarrow[-\text{HBr}]{\text{CH}_3\text{Br}}\\\text{Nitromethane} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Methyl}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{amine}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (\text{CH}_3)_2\text{NH}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{dimethyl amine}$
$\text{CH}_3\text{NO}_2+6[\text{H}]\xrightarrow[]{\text{Sn}/\text{HCl}}\text{CH}_3\text{NH}_2\xrightarrow[-\text{HBr}]{\text{CH}_3\text{Br}}\\\text{Nitromethane} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Methyl}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{amine}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (\text{CH}_3)_2\text{NH}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{dimethyl amine}$
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