MCQ
On heating an aliphatic primary amine with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, the organic compound formed is :
- Aan alkanol
- Ban alkanediol
- Can alkyl cyanide
- ✓an alkyl isocyanide
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
an alkyl isocyanide
d
This reaction is an example of carbylamine test which includes conversion of amine to isocyanide.
This reaction is an example of carbylamine test which includes conversion of amine to isocyanide.
$R-\ddot{N}_{H_{2}}+C H C I_{3} \frac{C_{2} H_{5} O H}{K O H} R-_{N}^{+} \equiv \bar{c}^{:}$
$1^{\circ}\; amine \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \;Alkyl \;isocyanide$
The mechanism of this reaction included rearrangement of nitrene in which migration of alkyl group from carbon to nitrogen takes place.
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