EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-1998

  • question_answer
    Hydrolysis of acetonitrile in acid medium gives:

    A)  \[C{{H}_{3}}COOH\]      

    B)  \[C{{H}_{3}}NC\]

    C)  \[C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}\]     

    D)  \[C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}OH\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Acetonitrile is the another name of methyl cyanide \[(C{{H}_{3}}CN).\] Cyanide group on acidic hydrolysis changes to acid group as: \[C{{H}_{3}}CN+{{H}_{2}}O\xrightarrow{[{{H}^{+}}]}C{{H}_{3}}COOH+{{N}_{2}}\]


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