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A certain amine ‘X’ when heated with chloroform and alcoholic KOH, produced no reaction. Identify ‘X’ from the following.(a) Methylamine(b) Ethylamine(c) Ethylmethylamine(d) AnilineThis question was posed to me in an interview.This intriguing question comes from Amines Chemical Reactions topic in portion Amines of Chemistry – Class 12

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Correct choice is (c) Ethylmethylamine

Best explanation: When an amine is heated with CHCl3 and alc. KOH and does not give any reaction, it indicates that it is a SECONDARY or TERTIARY amine. This is called as carbylamines TEST and the compound ‘X’ will be ethylmethylamine, as it is 2° and FAILS the test.



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