Given below are two statements.
Statement I Treatment of chloroethane with saturated solution of 
give ethyl isocyanide as major product.
Statement II Cyanide ion ( 
) is an ambident nucleophile.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
D
Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
being a covalent compound acts as a nucleophile through lone pair of electrons present on 
to give ethyl isocyanide. 
is an ambidentate nucleophile it can attack from both 
and 
side.
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