JEE Main Chemistry question

Which one of the following compounds, when heated with KOH and a primary amine, gives the carbylamine test?

(A)Correct
(B)
(C)
(D)

Answer: (A)

Solution

The carbylamine (isocyanide) test is a characteristic test for primary amines, carried out by heating the amine with chloroform and alcoholic KOH; the base deprotonates chloroform to form a dichlorocarbene-type species that reacts with the primary

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Question ID VK-148144