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How will you convent (i) chloroethane to butane (ii) Methylamine to methyl isocyanide?

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(I) Wurtz Reaction:
$C_{2} H_{5} C l 2 N a - ---- \to d r y e t h e r C_{4} H_{10}$
(ii) Methyl amine to Methyl Isocyanide
$C H_{3} N H_{2} + C H C l_{3} + 3 K O H ⟶ C H_{3} N C + 3 K C l + 3 H_{2} O$

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