When aniline is heated with chloroform and caustic potash solution, the product obtained is:

phenyl isocyanide

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o-chloro aniline

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benzoic acid

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Solution

The correct option is B phenyl isocyanide
Aniline is a primary amine. The reaction occurring here is the carbylamine reaction.
The reaction is as follows:
$P h N H_{2} + 3 K O H + C H C l_{3} \to P h N C + 3 K C l + 3 H_{2} O$
So, the product is phenyl isocyanide.

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