General Organic ChemistryHard

Question

The formation of cyanohydrin from a ketone is an example of :

Options

A.electrophilic addition
B.nucleophilic addition
C.nucleophilic substitution
D.electrophilic substitution

Solution

It is a typical Nu- addition reaction in wnich Nu- (CN-) is added followed by addition of E+. (H+)
         HCN ⇋ H+ + CN-
    
Addition of CN- before E+ gives more stable intermediate

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