Question

Methylamine and dimethylamine can be distinguished by the carbylamine test.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Methylamine and dimethylamine can be distinguished by the carblylamine test,

Methylamine is a primary amine which gives foul-smelling compound (isonitrite) on reaction with carbylamine but, secondary amines/ tertiary amines like dimethyl amine would not have enough hydrogen for the reaction and it would result in unstable products.

$R-NH2+CHC{l}_3+3KOH\stackrel{\Delta }{\to }R-NC+3KCl+3H_{2}O$