Did you know?
If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
Did you know?
If you removed all empty space from atoms in your body, you'd compress to the size of a speck of dust.
RCHOHCNRCH(OH)CN
Addition of hydrogen cyanide to aldehydes and ketones to form cyanohydrins.
RCHO
Aldehyde
HCN
Hydrogen cyanide
RCH(OH)CN
Cyanohydrin
Aldehydes and ketones undergo nucleophilic addition reactions due to the electrophilic nature of the carbonyl carbon.
Synthesis of cyanohydrins, which are useful intermediates in organic synthesis.
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