On heating an aliphatic primary amine with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, the organic compound formed is :

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On heating an aliphatic primary amine with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, the organic compound formed is :

an alkyl cyanide

an alkanediol

an alkyl isocyanide

an alkanol

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Isocyanide test for primary amine

$R - {NH}_{2} + {CHCl}_{3} \to_{Δ}^{C_{2} H_{5} OH / KOH} \underset{\begin{array}{l} isocyanide \\ (foil smell) \end{array}}{R - NC}$