[physstudent1]

I thought A would lead to a NH double bonded at a C where the Br was also with a water molecular attached to this C that will tautomorize to a OH but this isn't correct?

[aldoxime_amine]

A is a carboxylic acid. (cyanide is an acid derivative)

[physstudent1]

thankssss I must have erased that section in my book from my mind somehow...

[sjb]

thankssss I must have erased that section in my book from my mind somehow...

A lot of it will depend on conditions, but basically cyanide is hydrolysed to amide (which is what I think you thought), but amide itself is usually hydrolysed faster to the acid. I'm not, however sure that LiAlD₄ reduction (or indeed the unlabelled version) is that efficient with acids, as typically these cause the lithium salt to crash out of solution in a kinetic sink.

S