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Acetamide is treated with the following reagents separately. Which one of these would yield methyl amine ?

A

`PCl_5`

B

`NaOH + Br_2`

C

Soda lime

D

Hot `conc. H_2 SO_4`

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The correct Answer is:
B
Hofmann bromide rearrangement reaction
`(RCONH_2 overset (Br_2 + NaOH) rarr RNH_2)`.
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