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How can a carboxylic acid be converted to an amine in one step having one carbon atom less? Or What happens when a mnocarboxylic acid is heated with hydrazoic acid? |
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Answer» Solution :Carboxylic ACIDS react with hydrazoic ACID `(N_(3)H)` in presence of conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` to form `1^(@)` amines containing one CARBON atom less than the carboxylic acid. For example `underset("Acetic acid")(CH_(3)COOH)+underset("Hydrazoic acid")(N_(3)H)underset(("Schmidt reaction"))overset(Conc.H_(2)SO_(4),Delta)to underset("Methylamine")(CH_(3)NH_(2))+CO_(2)+N_(2)` |
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