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2-bromo-3-methylbutane and HCN

gammagirl
in Organic Chemistry

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What is the product for the following reaction?

2-bromo-3-methylbutane and HCN

 

(This is not homework. I just want to know how the above reaction is different from NaCN which yields SN2 2-cyano-3-methylbutane.)

  • 3 weeks later...

Do you think that this reaction will proceed via a SN2-type mechanism or another mechanism?

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