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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

a compound with molecular mass 180 is acylated with CH3COCl to get a compound with molecular mass 390 the number of amino groups present particular of the former compound? Plz explain in brief!!! All the procedure!!

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
for each acetylated product molecular mass increase by 42 units. so here increase is 390-180 = 210 . So 5 amino groups in former compound may be present.
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