The compound that would produce a nauseating smell/odour with a hot mixture of chloroform and ethanolic potasssium hydroxide is:

P h C O N H_{2}

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P h N H C H_{3}

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P h N H_{2}

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P h O H

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Solution

The correct option is C $P h N H_{2}$
Carbylamine reaction.
$1^{o}$ Aliphatic / Aromatic amine $K O H (a l c .) - ----- \to C H C l_{3}$ Isocyanide
And Isocyanide has Nauseating smell/odour.

$P h - N H_{2} C H C l_{3} - --- \to K O H P h - N C$
Option C is correct.

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