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Acetamide is heated with bromine and sodium hydroxide solution

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$C H_{3} C O N H_{2} a c e t a m i d e + B r_{2} + 4 N a O H Δ - \to C H_{3} N H_{2} + N a_{2} C O_{3} + 2 N a B R + 2 H_{2} O$
This is Hoffmann's bromamide reaction or Hoffmann's degradation reaction.

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