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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

The product formed when formaldehyde reacts with ammonia is

  1. A Melamine
  2. B Formic acid
  3. C Ammonium formate
  4. D Urotropine
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(D) Urotropine

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Formaldehyde (HCHO) on reaction with ammonia produces hexamethaylene tetramine or urotropine. \(6 \mathrm{HCHO}+4 \mathrm{NH}_3 \xrightarrow[\text { Urotropine }]{-6 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}} \underset{\text { (}}{\left(\mathrm{CH}_2\right)_6 \mathrm{~N}_4}\)