Page 1Introduction - ReviewDescription of the nitrile functional group and its relationship to carboxylic acids and amides including the hydrolysis of nitriles and amides to give carboxylic acids. Preparation of nitriles by substitution reactions with cyanide salts and hydrolysis of the product to give a carboxylic acid with an additional carbon atom.
2 marksPage 2QuestionsIdentification of nitriles that react by hydrolysis to give particular carboxylic acids and vice versa. identification of the possible product of hydrolysis of a nitrile. Schemes which involve haloalkanes, nitriles and carboxylic acids