NEET 2016 Chemistry question
The product formed by the reaction of an aldehyde with a primary amine is:
Answer: (1)
Solution
Aldehydes (and ketones) undergo nucleophilic addition-elimination with primary amines, losing a molecule of water to give imines, which are also called Schiff bases: $R'CHO + R-NH_2 →
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