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KCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

The formation of cyanohydrin from a ketone is an example of

  1. A Nucleophilic substitution
  2. B Nucleophilic addition
  3. C Electrophilic addition
  4. D Electrophilic substitution
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(B) Nucleophilic addition

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Formation of cyanohydrin from a ketone reaction with HCN is an example of nucleophilic addition reaction.


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