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What is the actual product in hoffman degradation and why do we mention primary amine as a product

What is the actual product in hoffman degradation and why do we mention primary amine as a product

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Ashutosh Mohan Sharma
askIITians Faculty 180 Points
8 years ago
as you can see in the mechanism, the final product is always a primary amine.509-1176_IMG_0265.JPG
H AGGARWAL
90 Points
8 years ago
The actual product in Hoffman degradations is actually alkyl iso cyanate but as it is unisolable it cannot exsist as such and hence we kydrolyses it to get required product.

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