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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: passyk on February 04, 2016, 05:20:03 PM

Title: organic chemistry
Post by: passyk on February 04, 2016, 05:20:03 PM

Conversion of a carboxylic acid to a nitrile ? Please

Title: Re: organic chemistry
Post by: orgopete on February 04, 2016, 06:13:31 PM

What reactions do you know that result in nitriles? I'm guessing this problem can be solved by using one of them.

Title: Re: organic chemistry
Post by: kriggy on February 05, 2016, 01:47:12 AM

You have two problems in this case that you need to solve:
a) carboxilic acid doesnt have a nitrogen, how can you add nitrogen to carboxilic acid?
b) creating the tripple bond, how can you do that?