Chemical Reactions of Cyanides and Isocyanides

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Chemical Reactions of Cyanides and Isocyanides: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Reduction of Cyanide with Sodium and Ethanol, Reduction of Isocyanide, Addition of Cl2 to Isocyanides & Reaction of HgO with Isocyanides etc.

Important Questions on Chemical Reactions of Cyanides and Isocyanides

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Which of the following reagents are required to complete the processs

(i) Ethylcyanide to ethylamine

(ii) Butan-1-ol to butanoic acid

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Ethyl isocyanide on hydrolysis in acidic medium generates

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The reaction, CH3CN+4HNa/C2H5OHCH3CH2NH2 is called:

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What is obtained when we heat Methylisocyanide with Mercuric oxide?

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The product formed in the following reaction is 

CH3-N+C-+Cl2

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Which one of the following will give a primary amine on acidic hydrolysis?

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Isomerisation of CH3NC to CH3CN is a prototypical _____ reaction.

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Which one of the following functional groups undergoes hydrolysis with alkali to yield an acid group?

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Ethyl chloride is treated with calcium Cyanide to give a product which on acidic hydrolysis followed by heating gives another product (A) . Product (A) is treated with excess of CH3I followed by heating with moist Ag2O gives the product (B). Product (B) on heating strongly gives (C) . Find the product C.

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Which of the following compound gives red colour with Lassaigne's test?

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Which one of the following does not liberate NH3 on hydrolysis?

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In Alkyl cyanide, alkyl group is attached with

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What do we get by the reduction of acetonitrile?

 

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The Bhopal gas tragedy was caused by which of the following poisonous gas in 1984?

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In which of the following reactions, amine is not formed.

(A) Hydrolysis of RCN.

(B) Reduction of RCH=NOH.

(C) Hydrolysis of RNC.

(D) Hydrolysis of RCONH2.

 

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In the following sequence of reactions,

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The compound A is:

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The main product of which of the following reactions gives tertiary sulphonamide with benzene sulphonyl chloride?

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Calcium Cyanide is treated with ethyl chloride to give a product which on acidic hydrolysis followed by heating gives another product (A) . Product (A) is treated with excess of CH3I followed by heating with moist Ag2O gives the product (B) . Product (B) on heating strongly gives (C) which is:

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Which compound is known 'alkyl carbylamine'?