How can you separate a mixture of primary, secondary and tertia

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271.

Explain how does the presence or absence of hydrogen on N of amines affect the modes of their reactions with nitrous acid?

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273.

Why is an amide more acidic than an amine?

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274.

mention the chief use of quaternary ammonium salts derived from long chain amines.

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How can you convert aniline to 2,4,6 Tribromo aniline ?

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276.

Arrange the isomeric compounds:
(i) Ethyldimethyl amine
(ii) n-butyl amine
(iii) diethyl amine
in order of decreasing boiling point and give reason.

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277.

Explain the following general order of basicity in aqueous solution:
R2NH > RNH> R3N > NH3

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278.

Explain the following general order of basicity in aqueous solution:
R3N ,R2NH , RNH2
What will be the basic strength order of these amines in gas phase?

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279.

How can you find out whether a given amine is a primary amine? Write the chemical reaction involved in the test you perform.

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280.

How can you separate a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines? Write chemical reactions involved in the process.


Hinsberg test is employed to separate primary, secondary and tertiary amines from a mixture. In this test the mixture of amines is treated with benzene sulphonyl chloride C6H5SO2Cl (Hinsberg’s reagent) followed by treatment with aqueous KOH (5%) solution and then shaken with ether in a separatory funnel.
(a) The primary amine reacts forming mono alkyl sulphonamide which is soluble in alkali forming a potassium salt which forms the lower aqueous layer.



(b) The secondary amine reacts forming dialkylsulphonamide which is insoluble in alkali.



The tertiary amines does not react at all.
Both dialkyl sulphonamide and tertiary amine go into the upper ether layer. While the monoalkyl sulphonamide remains in the lower aqueous layer. The two layers are separated, the aqueous layer containing the potassium salt of mono-alkyl sulphonamide is hydrolysed with concentrated hydrochloric acid when primary amine is regenerated as its hydrochloride.

Primary amine is recovered from the hydrochloride by distillation with alkali.

RNH2.HCl+ KOH → RNH2 + KCl + H2O

The ether layer distilled when tertiary amine distills over. The residue of dialkyl sulphonamide is hydrolysed with concentrated hydrochloric acid when secondary amine is regenerated as its hydrochloride.

C6H5SO2NR2 +H2O + HCI → C6H5SO2OH + R2NH.HCl

The hydrochloride on distillation with alkali gives the free secondary amine
R2NH.HCl + KOH → R2NH + KCl + H2O

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