Chemistry A-Level
Nitriles as synthetic intermediates
What Nitriles as synthetic intermediates means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The nitrile is the product of the carbonyl-plus-HCN addition step and is treated as the starting material for further reactions.
Topics that use Nitriles as synthetic intermediates
- 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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