- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2024
- Date
- 1 February
- Shift
- Morning Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
JEE Main 2024 · 1 February · Morning Shift · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A)...
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion \left(A\right):KCNAgCN: KCN and AgCN both are highly ionic compounds.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Options
- A is correct but is not correct
- BBoth and are correct but is not the correct explanation of
- C is not correct but is correct
- DBoth and are correct and is the correct explanation of
Correct answer
A. is correct but is not correct
Step-by-step solution
is ionic in nature and provides cyanide ions in solution. Although both carbon and nitrogen atoms are in a position to donate electron pairs, the attack takes place mainly
through carbon atom and not through nitrogen atom since bond is more stable than bond.
Involved reaction is shown below:
Reaction of alkyl halide with
is mainly covalent in nature. Here only nitrogen is free to donate electron pairs,hence it forms isocyanide as the main product.
Involved reaction is shown below:
Hence, here isocyanide is formed as major product.
is mainly covalent in nature and nitrogen is available for attack, so alkyl isocyanide is formed as main product.
Cyanide ion is an ambidentate ligand (nucleophile or lewis base). It means that donation of a pair of electrons can be through either carbon or nitrogen, so it has two nucleophilic centres. is predominantly ionic and is predominantly covalent.