write the Gabriel phthalamide reaction for preparation of methylamine
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⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ It involves nucleophilic substitution (SN2) of alkyl halides by the anion formed by the phthalimide. But aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by the phthalimide. Hence, aromatic primary amines cannot be prepared by this process.
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