Chemistry A-Level
Reduction and hydrolysis of nitriles
What Reduction and hydrolysis of nitriles means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Reduction and hydrolysis of nitriles
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Reducing the nitrile, for example with LiAlH₄ in dry ether or H₂ with a nickel catalyst, gives a primary amine, and hydrolysing it with dilute acid gives a carboxylic acid, each with the extended chain.
Topics that use Reduction and hydrolysis of nitriles
- 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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