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NEET UG 2023 · Chemistry · Question 85

NEET 2023 Chemistry, question 85

Question 85 of the NEET 2023 paper (code G6) is a Chemistry question from Amines. Its idea, Reduction Products of Cyanides and Isocyanides, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q85 · Chemistry

Which of the following reactions will NOT give primary amine as the product?

  1. 1CH3CONH2→(i) LiAlH4, (ii) H3O+\mathrm{CH_3CONH_2 \xrightarrow{(i)\ LiAlH_4,\ (ii)\ H_3O^+}} Product
  2. 2CH3CONH2→Br2/KOH\mathrm{CH_3CONH_2 \xrightarrow{Br_2/KOH}} Product
  3. 3CH3CN→(i) LiAlH4, (ii) H3O+\mathrm{CH_3CN \xrightarrow{(i)\ LiAlH_4,\ (ii)\ H_3O^+}} Product
  4. 4CH3NC→(i) LiAlH4, (ii) H3O+\mathrm{CH_3NC \xrightarrow{(i)\ LiAlH_4,\ (ii)\ H_3O^+}} ProductOfficial answer

Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key

Same idea

The only question on Reduction Products of Cyanides and Isocyanides

No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.

Reduction Products of Cyanides and Isocyanides: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Amines in ten years of NEET

18 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 1.7 a paper. Amines and Diazonium Salts alone had 18.

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Amines: questions per paper

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