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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