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On heating an aliphatic primary amine with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, the organic compound formed is:

A

an alkyl

B

an alkyl isocyanide

C

an alkanol

D

an alkanediol

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B
It is a carbyl amine reaction used for identification of primary amine also known as isocynide test because of offensive smell of isocynide.
`R-NH_(2)+CHCl_(3)underset(KOHDelta)overset("Ethanolic")rarrunderset("Organic product")R.NC`
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