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Formamide is hydrolysed by aqueous sulfuric acid to formic acid and ammonium sulfate.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

2
HCONH2
  +  
H2SO4
  +  
2
H2O
         
2
HCOOH
  +  
(NH4)2SO4
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Formamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Formic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonium sulfate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis
Industrial Process: Organic
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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