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MHT CET · Chemistry · Amines

Identify the product obtained when benzamide is treated with bromine and aqueous sodium hydroxide?

  1. A Bromobenzene
  2. B Phenol
  3. C Benzyl alcohol
  4. D Aniline
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(D) Aniline

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Aniline
When benzamide is treated with bromine and aqueous sodium hydroxide, an aniline with one fewer carbon atom than the original amide is formed.
Reaction involved is as follows:

The Hofmann bromamide/degradation reaction is the name for this reaction. Aniline \(\left(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{NH}_{2}\right)\) will be the end product.