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The starting material that produce pentanamine by Hoffmann bromamide reaction is

  1. A CH3CH2CH2CH2CN
  2. B CH3CH2CH2CH2CONH2
  3. C CH3CH2CH2CH2NCO
  4. D CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CONH2
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(D) CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CONH2

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Hoffmann developed a method for preparation of primary amines by treating an amide with bromine in an aqueous or ethanolic solution of sodium hydroxide. In this degradation reaction, migration of an alkyl or aryl group takes place from carbonyl carbon of the amide to the…