Question

The major product obtained in the following reactions is""

Answer 1

Answer:

A)Is the correct answer

Answer 2

The major product obtained by the given reactions is compound (D).

(i) The first reaction is a carbylamine reaction, in which the primary aromatic amine containing an -NH2 group is converted into an isocyanide on being treated with chloroform (CHCl3) and alcoholic potassium hydroxide (alc. KOH).

(ii) The second reaction is a reduction reaction in which the isocyanide formed in step (i) is reduced into an N-methyl aromatic amine or secondary amine by the addition of hydrogen into it.

Besides the isocyanide group, all other functional groups attached to the side chains of the aromatic ring also get reduced.

The cyano group gets reduced to amino group (-NH2) and the keto group gets reduced to hydroxyl (OH) group.