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Nucleophilic Substitution in Alkyl Halides

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To form alkane isonitrile, alkyl halide is reacted with:

A

K C N

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A g C N

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C

H C N

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N H_{4} C N

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Solution

The correct option is A $A g C N$
To form alkane isonitrile, an alkyl halide is reacted with $A g C N$ . Thus, methyl bromide is heated with an alcoholic solution of silver cyanide to form methyl isonitrile is obtained.

$C H_{3} B r + A g C N (a l c) \to C H_{3} N C + A g B r$

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