Q. Which one of the following compounds when heated with KOH and a primary amine gives carbylamine test?
A) $CHCl_{3}$
B) $CH_{3}Cl$
C) $CH_{3}OH$
D) $CH_{3}CN$
Explanation
(a)
Carbylamine test is a characteristic test of aliphatic and aromatic primary amines. In this test, amine is heated with chloroform and alcoholic potash when a bad smelling isocyanide (carbylamine) is formed.
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