Explain Carbylamine reaction.(or) Give the characteristic test for pri

1.	Explain Carbylamine reaction.(or) Give the characteristic test for primary amine.
Answer» Solution : Chloroform REACTS with aliphatic or AROMATIC PRIMARY AMINES and alcoholic caustic potash to give foul smelling alkyl isocyanide (carbylamine). `underset("Methyl amine") (CH_(3) NH_(2)) + underset("Chloroform") (CHCl_(3)) + 3 KOH to underset("Methyl isocyanide") (CH_(3)NC) + 3 KCl + 3 H_(2)O`

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