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Phenyl isocyanide is prepared from anili...

Phenyl isocyanide is prepared from aniline by

A

a) Rosenmund's reaction

B

b) Koble's reaction

C

c) Reimer-Tiemann reaction

D

d) carbylamine reaction

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D
When aniline, a primary amine, is treated with chloroform and alkali, it gets converted into a bad smelling compound phenyl isocyanide. This reaction is called carbylamine reaction,
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