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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 9. Amines

Consider the following organic reaction sequence. Choose the final product \((X)\) from the following (consider the major product in all intermediate reactions)

  1. A Benzene
  2. B Phenol
  3. C Propanol
  4. D Chlorobenzene
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(A) Benzene

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The starting material is propanoic acid (\(CH_3CH_2COOH\)). In step (i), propanoic acid reacts with \(NH_3\) upon heating to form propanamide. \(CH_3CH_2COOH \xrightarrow{NH_3, \Delta} CH_3CH_2CONH_2\) In step (ii), propanamide undergoes Hoffmann bromamide degradation with…
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