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Carbylamine reaction.

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When a primary amine is warmed with chloroform and an alcoholic solution of KOH, it forms carbylamine having an extremely unpleasant smell.


This test is not given by secondary and tertiary emines. Therefore, it can be used as a test for detection of primary amines.
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