Q. Give IUPAC name of the product, when acetamide is heated with anhydrous phosphorus pentoxide.
A) Ethyl amine
B) Propane nitrile
C) Cyano methane
D) Ethane nitrile
Explanation
(d)
$CH_{3}CONH_{2}\overset{P_{2}O_{5},\ \mathrm{\Delta}\ \ \ }{\rightarrow}CH_{3}CN$
Acetamide ethane mitrile
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