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Propanone is treated with and (reductive amination). The product is:

  1. Apropan-1-amine,
  2. Bpropan-2-ol
  3. CN-methylethanamine
  4. Dpropan-2-amine,

Answer: D

Ammonia condenses with the ketone to give an imine , which is hydrogenated over to the amine. The nitrogen is attached to the former carbonyl carbon, which is the middle carbon of the chain, giving propan-2-amine.
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