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ChemistryCarboxylic acid and their DerivativesPREPARATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVESEasy2 minPYQ_2020

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Starting from propanoic acid, identify the compound Z in the following reactions.
$P r o p a n o i c a c i d \overset{S O C l_{2}}{\to} X \overset{N H_{3}}{\to} Y \overset{B r_{2} + K O H}{\to} Z$

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Carboxylic acid form acyl chloride with $S O C l_{2}$ , which on further reaction with ammonia gives amide. The amide further undergo Hofmann Bromamide reaction (degradation) to give amine.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ChemistryTopic:Carboxylic acid and their DerivativesSubtopic:PREPARATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES

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