Question

When ethyl amine is heated with chloroform and alcoholic KOH, a compound with offensive smell is obtained. This compound is.

• A. A secondary amine
• B. An isocyanide
• C. A cyanide
• D. An acid

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

An isocyanide

Answer 2

$\underset{\text{ethylamineReaction}}{C_{2}H_{5}NH_{2} + CHCl_{3}} + 3KOH \rightarrow ⥂ \underset{(\text{Unpleasantsmell})}{\underset{\text{Ethylisocyanide}}{C_{2}H_{5}N\overrightarrow{=}C}}$

$+ 3KCl + 3H_{2}O$