Question

Hydrolysis of acetonitrile in acid medium gives:

• A. $ C{{H}_{3}}COOH $
• B. $ C{{H}_{3}}NC $
• C. $ C{{H}_{3}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}} $
• D. $ C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}OH $

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Acetonitrile is the another name of methyl cyanide $ (C{{H}_{3}}CN). $ Cyanide group on acidic hydrolysis changes to acid group as: $ C{{H}_{3}}CN+{{H}_{2}}O\xrightarrow{[{{H}^{+}}]}C{{H}_{3}}COOH+{{N}_{2}} $