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Strong heating of ammonium salts of dicarboxylic acids leads to the formation of cyclic imides.
- COOH + NH3
- COONH4
- CONH2
- CONH2 + NH3
Correct answer: CONH2
Solution
When ammonium salts of dicarboxylic acids are strongly heated, they undergo dehydration to form cyclic imides, which have the functional group -CONH-. This matches option C.
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