Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
Aniline and N-methylaniline.
Carbylamine test can be used to distinguish between Aniline and N-methylaniline.
Carbylamine Test: Primary amines, on heating with chloroform and ethanolic potassium hydroxide, form foul smelling isocyanides or carbylamines. Aniline, being an aromatic primary amine, gives positive carbylamine test. However, N-methylaniline, being a secondary amine does not.
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