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For questions about nitriles and isonitriles and their organic derivatives such as organic cyanates. Not to be used for inorganic cyanides or related structures; for those, one of the tags ionic-compounds or coordination-compounds will be appropriate.

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Why is it aqueous and ethanolic conditions for nucleophillc substitution of cyanide ion with...

The cyanide ion is a very good nucleophile and reacts readily with benzyl chloride. The problem is that the cyanide salts are soluble in water, while the benzyl chloride is not. Therefore, ethanol i …
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