Chemistry, asked by surendrawahne2873, 1 year ago

The formation of cyanohydrin from a ketone is an example of

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Answered by abhirajpathak9

Formation of cyanohydrin takes place when an aldehyde or ketone is reacted with HCN. Here CN- acts as a nucleophile and attacks carbonyl carbon of an aldehyde and ketone and gets added.

Hence it is an example of nucleophilic addition

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