NH3 reacts with a gas fumes produced when methanol is passed through Cu tube at 573K. The compound obtained is polycyclic. How many rings does it contain= [X]. The number of nitrogen atoms it has = [Y]? Report your answer as X+Y.
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Solution
Methanol on passing through Cu tube at 573K gets converted to methanal.
Methanal and ammonia react to form urotropin, a molecule similar in structure with admantane.
Number of ring present in the structure is 3=X
Number of N atoms in structure is 4=Y