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Amines
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Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
Aniline and N — methlyaniline.

Answer

Aniline and N—Methylaniline Carbylamine test: Heat both the compounds separately with chloroform and alcoholic KOH. The compound which gives an unpleasant or offensive smell in aniline while the compound which does not give any smell is N-Methylaniline.

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