REACTIVITY OF NITRILES
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Nitriles are attacked by nucleophiles, through a mechanism of "
double addition-elimination
".
Acid and Base Hydrolyses
They lead to
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
.
Alcoholysis
It yields
E
STERS
.
Alcohols prone to give carbocations (tertiary, allylic, bencylic) react in a different way leading to
AMIDES
.
Organometallics
Grignard reagents produce
KETONES
.
Reduction
Partial reduction yields
ALDEHYDES
whereas total reduction renders
AMINES
.
