CMC Medical CMC-Medical Ludhiana Solved Paper-2010

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    The formation of aldehyde from alkyl cyanide is related with the name

    A)  Stephen             

    B)  Rosenmund

    C)  Wurtz                                  

    D)  HVZ reaction

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    The formation of aldehyde from alkyl cyanide takes place as \[\underset{\text{alkyl}\,\,\text{cyanide}}{\mathop{R-C\equiv N+2H}}\,\xrightarrow[+HCl]{SnC{{l}_{2}}}\underset{\text{aldimine}\,\,\text{hydrochloride}}{\mathop{RCH=NH\cdot HCl}}\,\]\[\xrightarrow{{{H}_{2}}O}\underset{\text{aldehyde}}{\mathop{RCHO}}\,+N{{H}_{4}}Cl\] This reaction is known as Stephens reaction.


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