Chemistry A-Level
Nitrile synthesis
What Nitrile synthesis means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Nitrile synthesis
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Warming a haloalkane with a solution containing CN⁻ in ethanol produces a nitrile, for example propanenitrile from bromoethane.
Topics that use Nitrile synthesis
- Carbon–carbon bond formation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid hydrolysis of nitriles
- Carbon chain extension and carbon counting
- Carbon–carbon bond formation
- Carboxylic acid formation
- Chain lengthening in synthesis
- Friedel–Crafts acylation
- Friedel–Crafts reactions
- Halogen carrier
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