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What happens when reaction: Aniline reacts with chloroform in the presence of alcoholic potassium hydroxide - Chemistry

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What happens when reaction:

Aniline reacts with chloroform in the presence of alcoholic potassium hydroxide

What happens when chloroform is treated with aniline in the presence of alcoholic KOH?

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When aniline reacts with chloroform in the presence of alcoholic potassium hydroxide, phenyl isocyanides or phenyl isonitrile is formed.

\[\ce{\underset{chloroform}{CHCl3} + \underset{aniline}{C6H5NH2} + 3KOH ->[Warm][] \underset{penyl isocyanide}{C6H5 - N ≡ C} + 3KCl + 3H2O}\]

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