Basic hydrolysis of alkyl cyanide produces
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Alkaline hydrolysis. The nitrile is heated under reflux with an alkali such as sodium hydroxide solution. This time you would not, of course, get a carboxylic acid produced - any acidformed would react with the sodium hydroxide present to give a salt. ... You add enough hydrochloric acid to the mixture to make it acidic.
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