MCQ 11 Mark
Amide which gives propanamine by Hoffmann bromamide is:
- ✓Pentanamide
- BHexanamide
- CButanamine
- DPropanamine
Answer
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Pentanamide
In the Hoffmann bromamide reaction, the amine formed has one carbon less than that present in the amide. $\ce{RCONH_2 + Br_2 + 4NaOH} \rightarrow \ce{RNH_2 + Na_2CO_3 + 2NaBr + 2H_2O}$

Prop-1-en-2-ol (A) acetone are tautomers.
is
is 2-Methylbutan-2-ol
