KCET2007ChemistryAmines
An alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic ammonia in a sealed tube, the product formed will be
Options
- Aa primary amine
- Ba secondary amine
- Ca tertiary amine
- Da mixture of all the three
Correct answer
D. a mixture of all the three
Step-by-step solution
When an alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic ammonia in a sealed tube then a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amine is formed R X + NH ₃ R NH ₂+ H X pri-amine RNH ₂+X R R₂ NH + H XR₂ NH +X R R₃ ~N + H X