Acetamide is treated separately with the following reagent. Which one of those would give methylamine?

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N a O H + B r_{2}

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P C l_{5}

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H_{2} S O_{4}

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Solution

The correct option is B $N a O H + B r_{2}$
$C H_{3} C O N H_{2} + B r + 4 N a O H \to C H_{2} N H_{2} + 2 N a B r + N a_{2} C O_{3} + 2 H_{2} O$

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