Question

Treatment of chloroethane with a saturated solution of $AgCN$ gives ethyl isocyanide as the major product. Cyanide $\left( CN ^{-}\right)$is an ambident nucleophile.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
• C. Assertion is true but Reason is false
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are false

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Answer 2

Both are independently correct but the actual reason for the formation of isocyanide is covalency of $Ag - C$ bond.