Question

Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word(s) from those given in the brackets:

[electrophilic, four, 4-bromophenol, first, alc. AgCN, decreases, 2,4,6-tribromophenol, nucleophilic, two, zero, alc. KCN, increases]

Methyl chloride on treatment with ______ gives methyl cyanide whereas on treatment with ______, it gives methyl isocyanide.

Answer 1

Methyl chloride on treatment with alc. KCN gives methyl cyanide whereas on treatment with alc. AgCN, it gives methyl isocyanide.