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Question
How will you prepare acetamide from methyl cyanide?
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Solution
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{\underset{(Methyl cyanide)}{CH3 - C ≡ N} ->[Con. HCl][H2O/OH] CH3 - C - NH2}\\
\phantom{.......................}||\\
\phantom{.......................}\ce{\underset{(Acetamide)}{O}}
\end{array}\]
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