Hydrolysis of an amide under acidic conditions yields which two products?

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Hydrolysis of an amide under acidic conditions yields which two products?

Acidic hydrolysis of an amide cleaves the C–N bond and, in strongly acidic solution, the nitrogen ends up as a protonated amine (ammonium), while the carbonyl becomes a carboxylic acid. So the products are carboxylic acid and ammonium ion. In contrast, basic hydrolysis would give carboxylate and ammonia, and other pairings like alcohol/amine or aldehyde/ammonium don’t arise from amide hydrolysis.

Acidic hydrolysis of an amide cleaves the C–N bond and, in strongly acidic solution, the nitrogen ends up as a protonated amine (ammonium), while the carbonyl becomes a carboxylic acid. So the products are carboxylic acid and ammonium ion. In contrast, basic hydrolysis would give carboxylate and ammonia, and other pairings like alcohol/amine or aldehyde/ammonium don’t arise from amide hydrolysis.

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