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A compound with molecular mass 180 is acylated with CH3COCl to get a compound with molecular mass 390. The number of amino groups present per molecule of the former compound is :
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By reaction with one mole of 
with one –NH2 group the molecular mass increases with 42 unit. Since the mass increases by (390 – 180) = 210 hence the number of –NH2 groups is 5.
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