Preparation of ethanamine from acetonitrile represents –

Q.1 (viii) Preparation of ethanamine from acetonitrile represents –

A. Gabriel phthalimide synthesis

B. Mendius reduction

C. Hofmann hypobromite degradation

D. Sandmeyer reaction

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Answer: B. Mendius reduction

Answer: (b) Mendius reduction

Reduction of a nitrile with sodium and ethanol (nascent hydrogen) to a primary amine is the Mendius reduction:

CH₃–C≡N + 4[H] \(\xrightarrow{\text{Na}/\text{C}_2\text{H}_5\text{OH}}\) CH₃CH₂NH₂

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