BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

AMINO ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the reagent required to carry out the following conversion?Methylamine
A
NaOH
B
Methanoyl chloride
C
HNO2
D
Ethanoyl chloride
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethanoyl chloride reacts violently with a cold concentrated solution of ethylamine. A white solid product is formed which is a mixture of N-ethylethanamide (an N-substituted amide) and ethylammonium chloride.

Detailed explanation-2: -which gives ethyl alcohol which is oxidized to acetaldehyde and then to ethanoic acid. Now ethanoic acid is heated with ammonia to form ethanamide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Here, we can see that methyl chloride contains only one carbon atom whereas ethylamine contains two carbon atoms. So our first step would be adding one carbon atom to the methyl chloride molecule. This can be done by treating methyl chloride with sodium cyanide i.e. NaCN.

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