Chemistry - Halogen Derivative Question with Solution | TestHub

The Carbylamine reaction is a chemical test for detection of primary amines. In this reaction, the analyte is heated with alcoholic potassium hydroxide and chloroform. If a primary amine is present, the isocyanide is formed.For example, the reaction with ethylamine: $\begin{array}{l}{\text{C}}_2{\text{H}}_5{\text{NH}}_2+{\text{CHCl}}_3+3\text{KOH}\underset{}{\overset{}{\to }}{\text{C}}_2{\text{H}}_5\text{NC}+3\text{KCl}+3{\text{H}}_2\text{O}\hfill \\ \text{Ethylamine}\text{Chloroform}\text{Ethyl}\text{isocyanide}\hfill \end{array}$