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Why isocyanides are less soluble in water than the corresponding cyanides?

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Hydrogen bonding with water is not possible in isocyanides but possible in cyanides.
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ICSE-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING NITROGEN-EXERCISE (PART-II DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS- VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS )
  1. What is meant by unidentate, didentate and ambidentate ligands? Give t...

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  2. Why alkyl cyanides are soluble in water?

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  3. Write the structural formula of isobutyronitrile.

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  4. Why the alkyl cyanides possess higher boiling points than the correspo...

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  5. It is not possible to prepare aryl cyanides from aryl halides. Why?

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  6. Name the major product obtained when an alkyl halide is treated with s...

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  7. What is the industrial use of acrylonitrile?

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  8. Write the first hydrolysis product of alkanenitrile.

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  9. Which major product is formed in the reaction RCONH2 underset("Heat")o...

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  10. Which major product is formed in the reaction, RCN +H2 O2 overset(...

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  11. Why isocyanides are less soluble in water than the corresponding cyani...

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  12. Why boiling points of alkyl cyanides are higher than those of the corr...

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  13. Write the reducing agents which reduce alkyl cyanides to primary amine...

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  14. Give one use of acetonitrile.

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  15. Give the industrial importance of phenyl isocyanide.

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  16. What happens when phenyl cyanide is treated with a dilute mineral acid...

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  17. Write the chemical equation for the conversion of ethaneisonitrile to ...

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  18. Why is methylamine more basic than aniline?

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  19. Ethylamine is soluble in water whereas aniline is almost insoluble. Wh...

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  20. Why are diazonium salts of aromatic amines more stable than those of a...

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