Question

When acetic acid reacts with ammonia, NH3, the reaction yields ________.

Answer 1

Acetamide

Step-by-step explanation:

The reaction can be expressed as:

CH₃COOH + NH₃ → CH₃CONH₂ + H₂O

It's worth mentioning that this reaction would have a better yield if we use an appropiate catalyst such as DCC, in order to prevent an acid-base reaction and instead have the previous amidation reaction.