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Question

Unpleasant smelling carbylamines are formed by heating alkali and chloroform with

A

Any amine

B

Any aliphatic amine

C

Any aromatic amine

D

Any primary amine

Answer

Any primary amine

Explanation

Solution

$R - NH_{2} + CHCl_{3} + 3NaOH \rightarrow RN\overrightarrow{=}C + 3NaCl + 3H_{2}O$

The unpleasant smell is due to the formation of isocyanide.