Chloromethane on treatment with excess of ammonia yields mainly :

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Nucleophilic Substitution

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N, N-dimethylmethanamine

N-methylmethanamine (CH₃ – NH – CH₃)

methanamine (CH₃NH₂)

mixture containing all these in equal proportion.

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This reaction of chloromethane results in formation of methanamine after reacting with NH₃.