Question

Ethane nitrile on hydrolysis with dilute HCl, gives acetic acid through

Option A :
Ethylamine

Option B :
Ammonoium acetate

Option C :
Acyl chloride

Option D :
Acetamide
Answer with solution

Answer 1

Answer:

The nitrile is heated under reflux with dilute hydrochloric acid. Instead of getting an ammonium salt as you would do if the reaction only involved water, you produce the free carboxylic acid. For example, with ethanenitrile and hydrochloric acid you would get ethanoic acid and ammonium chloride.

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