Question

Hydrolysis of $HCN$ gives

• A. acetic acid
• B. alcohol
• C. formaldehyde
• D. formic acid

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Hydrolysis of $HCN$ gives formic acid.
$HCN\stackrel{H_3{O}^{+}/H^{+}}{\to }\underset{\text{ formic acid }}{\mathrm{HCOO}}$