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Methylamine when heated with an alcoholic solution of KOH and CHCl3, it gives an offensive smell of methyl cyanide.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Methylamine on treatment with alc. $K O H$ and $C H C l_{3}$ will give methylisocyanide so there is no methyl cyanide smell in the product.

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