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ChemistryAminesJEE Main

An aromatic amine (A) is treated with chloroform and alcoholic potash to give a foul-smelling gas, C₆H₅NC; the chloroform (Y) used here was itself prepared by reacting a compound Z with Cl₂ in the presence of slaked lime. Compound Z is

Answer: (C)

Solution

A is aniline (the primary aromatic amine that gives the carbylamine test). Industrially, chloroform (Y) is made from ethanol or acetone by the haloform reaction

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