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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

please give the mechanism for converting
ethyl nitrile to propylic acid.

Profile image of Kaustubh Nayyar
11 Years agoGrade 11
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11 Years ago
FIrst reduce it by LiAlH4 and add HNO2 to form ethanol ,  then add PBr5 followed by KCN and finally hydroluse to form propylic acid