Jiscuss the amphoteric nature of amides?
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Answer:
Amides behave both as weak acid as well as weak base and thus show amphoteric character. ... (iii) Acetamide ( as acid ) reacts with sodium to form sodium salt and hydrogen gas is liberated
Explanation:
Why are amides amphoteric in nature?
Acid amides are basic in nature due to lone pair of electrons on nitrogen atom. ... Now it can easily lose H+ ion due to assignment of positive charge on nitrogen atom. Hence, acid amides are amphoteric in nature
Answer:
(i) Amides behave both as weak acid as well as weak base and thus show amphoteric character.
This can be proved by the following reactions.
(ii) Acetamide (as base) reacts with hydrochloric acid to form salt
CH3−C−NH2acetamide+HCl→CH3−CO∣∣−NH+3Cl−acetamide hydrochloride
(iii) Acetamide ( as acid ) reacts with sodium to form sodium salt and hydrogen gas is liberated .
2CH3−CO∣∣−NH2+2Naacetamide→2CH3−CO∣∣−NH.Na+H2↑⏐⏐⏐sodium acetamide
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