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Carbylamine reaction is given by only primary amines (both aliphatic and aromatic). In this reation a primary amine reacts with chloroform in basic medium, to form a very bad smelling compound, called carbylamines

${\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{H}}_2+\mathrm{C}\mathrm{H}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{l}}_3\mathrm{K}\mathrm{O}\mathrm{H}\to {\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{N}\mathrm{C}+\mathrm{K}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{l}+{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$