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Q. An alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic ammonia in a sealed tube, the product formed will be

MGIMS WardhaMGIMS Wardha 2008

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When an alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic ammonia in a sealed tube then a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines is formed. $ RX+N{{H}_{3}}\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{pri-a\min e}{\mathop{RN{{H}_{2}}}}\,+HX $ $ RN{{H}_{2}}+XR\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{\sec -a\min e}{\mathop{{{R}_{2}}NH}}\,+HX $ $ {{R}_{2}}NH+XR\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{ter-a\min e}{\mathop{{{R}_{3}}N}}\,+HX $