Given below are two statements | Amines

JEE MAIN 2022

27-06-22 S1

Question

Given below are two statements:
Statements-I : In Hofmann degradation reaction, the migration of only an alkyl group takes place from carbonyl carbon of the amide to the nitrogen atom.
Statement-II : The group is migrated in Hofmann degradation reaction to electron deficient atom.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Select the correct option:

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are incorrect

Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

✓ Correct! Well done.

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