ExamBro
ExamBro
KCET · Chemistry · Amines

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

  1. A a primary amine
  2. B a secondary amine
  3. C a tertiary amine
  4. D a mixture of all the three
Verified Solution

Answer & Solution

Correct Answer

(D) a mixture of all the three

Step-by-step Solution

Detailed explanation

When an alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic ammonia in a sealed tube then a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amine is formed
\(R \mathrm{X}+\mathrm{NH}_{3} \longrightarrow R \mathrm{NH}_{2}+\mathrm{H} X\)
pri-amine
\(\mathrm{RNH}_{2}+X R \longrightarrow R_{2} \mathrm{NH}+\mathrm{H} X\)
\(R_{2} \mathrm{NH}+X R \longrightarrow R_{3} \mathrm{~N}+\mathrm{H} X\)