Help with Amine Synthesis - Organic Chemistry

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A secondary alkyl halide is treated with , then , then acid. The final product is                     .

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The group replaces the halogen as the halogen is a better leaving group. Lithium aluminum hydride is a strong reducing agent. It takes nitrogen-nitrogen bonds and allows for nitrogen hydrogen bonds to be formed instead. A primary nitrogen is bonded to two hydrogens and one R group. After reduction, a primary amine is formed.

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