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ChemistryAminesJEE Main

RX + A → RNC

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Answer: (A)

Solution

Silver cyanide, being predominantly covalent, presents its nitrogen end for attack on the alkyl halide (the silver assists in pulling away the halide, favouring N-attack through the ambidentate cyanide ion), giving the isocyanide (isonitrile):

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