kaplan wrong.. could it be?!

[peace25]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

in a kaplan OC subject test it says that:

benzamide + -OBr = amine with one less carbon "Hoffmann Rearrangement"

but i thought that for hoffman rearrangement the reactants are X2, OH- for example Br2, OH-
am i missing something here or is Kaplan on crack?

 

[299678]

As long as they have base with Br, hoffman works

 

[peace25]

thanks! that really helps!!!
cheers!