prepare carboxylic acid by methyl cyanide
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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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when alkyl cyanide is boiled with aqueous solution of acid it gives carboxylic acid
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