JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2011

  • question_answer
    Treatment of ammonia with excess of ethyl iodide will yield

    A)  diethylamine

    B)  ethylamine

    C)  triethylamine

    D)  tetraethylammonium iodide

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     \[\underset{\text{ethyl}\,\text{iodide}}{\mathop{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}I}}\,+N{{H}_{3}}\xrightarrow[-HI]{}{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}N{{H}_{2}}\xrightarrow[-HI]{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}I}\] \[{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}NH{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}\xrightarrow[-HI]{{{C}_{5}}{{H}_{5}}I}{{({{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}})}_{3}}N\] \[\xrightarrow{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}I}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  \text{tetraethyl}\,\text{ammonium} \\  \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{iodide} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{({{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}})}_{4}}{{N}^{+}}{{I}^{-}}}}\,\] Note: If ammonia is in excess, primary amine is the major product.


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