JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Reaction of ethyne with HCN, in the presence of \[Ba{{(CN)}_{2}}\] is:

    A)  electrophillic addition reaction

    B)  nucleophillic addition reaction

    C)  free radical addition reaction

    D)  electrophillic substitution reaction

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    This reaction is an example of neucleo-phillic addition, in which\[C{{N}^{-}}\]attacks the triple bond of acetylene. \[\underset{CH}{\overset{CH}{\mathop{|||}}}\,\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{{}^{\delta -}CH}{\overset{{}^{\delta +}CH}{\mathop{||}}}\,\xrightarrow{{{H}^{+}}C{{N}^{-}}}\underset{C{{H}_{2}}}{\overset{CHCN}{\mathop{||}}}\,\]


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