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Sketch the structure of the nitrogen containing product that is formed when ethalymine reacts with water.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Ethylamine has an N atom with a lone pair of electrons.

It can act as a Brønsted-Lowry base and accept a proton from water and become an ethylammonium ion.

The structure of the ion is shown below (there is a C atom at each of the four-way bond intersections).

Sketch the structure of the nitrogen containing product that is formed when ethalymine-example-1
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