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Give the reduction of nitromethane in (a) acid medium, (b) neutral medium.

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Nitro methane on reduction with `Sn"/"HCl` (acid medium reduction) produce methylamine as product.
`{:(CH_3NO_2+6[H]overset(Sn"/"HCl)(to)CH_3-NH_2+2H_2O),(" Nitro methane Methylamine "):}`.
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