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In order to prepare a 1° amine from an alkyl halide with simultaneous addition of one \text {CH}_{2} group in the carbon chain, the reagent used as source of nitrogen is ___________.

(i) Sodium amide, \text {NaNH}_{2}

(ii) Sodium azide, \text {NaN}_{3}

(iii) Potassium cyanide, \text {KCN}

(iv) Potassium phthalimide, \text {C}_{6}\text {H}_{4}\left ( \text {CO}_{2} \right )\text N^{-}K^{+}

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Option (iii) is the correct answer.

Explanation: The number of carbon atoms increases with the help of \text {KCN}.

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