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Question
How will you prepare propan-1-amine from butane nitrile?
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Solution
Preparation of propan-1-amine from butane nitrile:
Butane nitrile was treated with acid hydrolysis followed by Hoffmann’s bromamide degradation gives propan-1-amine.
\[\ce{\underset{(Butane nitrile)}{CH3 - CH2 - CH2 - CN} ->[H^+/H2O] \underset{(Butanamide)}{CH3 - CH2 - CH2 - CINH2} ->[Br2/KOH] \underset{(propan-1-amine)}{CH3 - CH2 - CH2 - NH2}}\]
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