Question

Hofmann's bromamide reaction is to convert

• A. acid to alcohol
• B. alcohol to acid
• C. amide to amine
• D. amine to amide

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

amide to amine

Answer 2

Hofmann's bromamide reaction is used to convert amide to amine. $\underset{\text { amide }}{R C O N H_{2}}+B r_{2}+4 K O H \rightarrow \underset{\text { amine }}{R N H_{2}}+K_{2} C O_{3}+2 K B r+2 H_{2} O$