Nitrogen compounds

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🔹 Primary Amines 🔸 Preparation of Primary Amines Method: Reaction: Where: Mechanism: Nucleophilic substitution Notes: 🔹 Nitriles and Hydroxynitriles 🔸 (1) Preparation of Nitriles Method: Reaction: R–X + KCN → R–CN + KX Mechanism: Nucleophilic substitution Importance: 🔸 (2) Preparation of Hydroxynitriles (α-hydroxynitriles) Method: Reaction Example: CH₃CHO + HCN → CH₃CH(OH)CN (Ethanal → 2-Hydroxypropanenitrile) Mechanism: Notes: 🔸 (3) Hydrolysis of Nitriles to Carboxylic Acids Two […]

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