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Q. When a primary amine reacts with chloroform in alcoholic KOH, then the product is

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$\underset{\text {$1^{\circ}$ Amine}}{{R —NH_{2}}}+CHCl_{3}+3KOH \to \underset{\text{Alkyl isocyanide}}{{RN\overset{\to}{=}C}}+3KCl+3H_{2}O$