MHT CET Chemistry question

Ethyl chloride on heating with silver cyanide forms a compound 'X'. The functional isomer of 'X' is

Answer: (B)

Solution

AgCN is covalent, so ethyl chloride reacts through the N atom to give ethyl isocyanide (X); its functional isomer is the cyanide (nitrile)

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