Question

When acetamide is treated with $HNO_{2},$ the gas is evolved

• A. $H_{2}$
• B. $O_{2}$
• C. $N_{2}$
• D. $CH_{4}$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$N_{2}$

Answer 2

$\underset{\text{Acetamide}}{CH_{3} - CO - NH_{2}} + HNO_{2} \rightarrow \underset{\text{Aceticacid}}{CH_{3}COOH} + N_{2} \uparrow + H_{2}O$