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Acetamide is treated separately with the following reagents. Which one of these would give methylamine?
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B
This is a case of Hofmann reaction:
The Hofmann bromamide is the organic reaction of conversion of a primary amide to a primary amine with one fewer carbon atom.
CH 3 CONH 2 + Br 2 + 4 NaOH 
CH 3 NH 2 + Na 2 CO 3 + 2 NaBr + 2 H 2 O
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