Q. Potassium cyanate is heated with ammonium sulphate. The product formed is
A) Urea
B) Ammonia
C) Potassium sulphate
D) Ammonium cyanide
Explanation
(a)
$2KCNO + \left( NH_{4} \right)_{2}SO_{4} \rightarrow 2NH_{4}CNO + K_{2}SO_{4}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ NH_{4}CNO\overset{\mathrm{\Delta}}{\rightarrow}NH_{2}CONH_{2}$
urea
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