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Offline Doom91

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making of a cyanohydrin
« on: March 02, 2009, 01:03:11 AM »
why does the use of the NaHSO3 and NaCN result in a larger yield than the use of NaCN and HCN

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Re: making of a cyanohydrin
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 01:04:18 PM »
I'm not sure that it would, but perhaps look at the mechanism of the reaction?

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