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When primary amide is treated with an aqueous solution of KOH and bromine, it gives a primary amine. The name of the reaction is:

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Gabriel phthalimide reaction
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Reimer-Tiemann reaction
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Ammonolysis
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Hoffmann Bromamide reaction
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Solution

The correct option is D Hoffmann Bromamide reaction
Hoffmann Bromamide reaction is treatment of alkylamide with aq.NaOH and bromine gas which converts it into alkylamine with one carbon atom lesser than the amide used.
Hence d is the correct option.

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