CH_3NH_2 + CHCl_3 + KOH (nitrogen-containing compound) + KCl + H_2O. The nitrogen-containing compound is: [IIT JEE 2006]

JEE Main Chemistry question

+ + KOH → (nitrogen-containing compound) + KCl + .

The nitrogen-containing compound is: [IIT JEE 2006]

(A)
(B)
(C) (reversed charge separation)
(D) (the correct isocyanide charge-separated form, )Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

This is the carbylamine reaction of a primary amine: CH_3NH_2 + CHCl_3 + 3KOH \rightarrow CH_3NC + 3KCl + 3H_2O. The product is methyl isocyanide, whose only Lewis structure giving every atom a complete octet places a formal

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