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JEE Advanced levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 3 of 3hx070

Bromoethane is treated with in ethanol to give . is reduced with to give , and is treated with a large excess of in the presence of base. The final product is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: A

and give propanenitrile (the chain gains one carbon). reduces it to propan-1-amine . Excess keeps alkylating the nitrogen (Hofmann exhaustive methylation) until the quaternary salt propyltrimethylammonium iodide forms.
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