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Chapter 20-Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives; Mini Section: Nitriles
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#1
Front (Question)
What are the reagents in synthesizing a nitrile from an amide?
Back (Answer)
-POCl3 or P2O5 or SOCl2
#2
Front (Question)
Provide a general mechanism of the dehydration of an amide.
Back (Answer)
#3
Front (Question)
Provide the nitrile hydrolysis mechanism for the following reaction:
Back (Answer)
#4
Front (Question)
What can a nitrile be used for in a reaction?
Back (Answer)
Nitriles can also allow for the two step synthesis of of a carboxylic acid from an alkyl halide.