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On heating an aliphatic primary amine  with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, the organic compound formed is:

Option: 1

 an alkanol


Option: 2

an alkanediol


Option: 3

 an alkyl cyanide


Option: 4

an alkyl isocyanide


Answers (1)

As discussed in Carbylamine reaction, 

On heating an aliphatic amine with chloroform and ethanolic \mathrm{KOH}, the organic compound formed is an alkyl isocyanide

\mathrm{R-NH_{2}+CH Cl_3 + 3KOH \rightarrow \underset{Isocyanide}{R-NC}+3\ KCl + 3\ H_{2}O}

Hence, the correct answer is Option (4)

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Kshitij

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