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A nitrogen containingg organic compound gave an oily liguid on heating with bromine and potassium hydroxide solution On shaking the product with acetic anhydride an antipyretic drug was obtained The reactions indicate that the starting compound is .

A

aniline

B

benzamide

C

acetamide

D

nitrobenzene

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B
Reaction with `Br//KOH` (Hofmann degradation reaction) indicates that the compound is an amide and formation of antipyretic drug implies that the compound is aromatic
Acetanilide is used in medicine (under the name of antifebrin)as a febrifuge
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