.....CH₃..............................................CH₃

.....|....................................................|

..I-C-H................+ NaCN...->............CN-C-H.............+.......I^-

.....|....................................................|

HO-C-H..........................................OH-C-H

......|...................................................|

....CH₃................................................CH₃

 

i have sneaky suspicion that after the CN takes the place of I it switches around to the back of the carbon chain, opposite the side of the OH, but thats as far as i can get.

Edited March 19, 201213 yr by nitelyechos

Firstly, can you identify what type of reaction this is?

 

 

As a side note, you've drawn the cyano group as being bound through the nitrogen - are you sure that's correct? (Hint: it's not)