Explain Hoffmann bromamide degradation reaction and write the general equation for the reaction involved.

Explanation

a) Amides on heating with bromine & aq NaOH gives `1^(@)` amines. This reaction is called Haff man.s bromamide reaction.
`underset("Amide")(R-CO-NH_(2)+4NaOH) rarr underset("Amine")(R-NH_(2)+2NaBr+Na_(2)CO_(3)+2H_(2)O)`