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The major product of reacting the molecule above with sodium cyanide in di-methyl formamide (DMF) would be ?

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Answer:

DMF is an aprotic polar solvent.

hence CN acts as a strong nucleophile in DMF to give SN2 reaction with the reactant resulting into inversion of configuration at stereo centers.

Step-by-step explanation:

check the attached file for little explanation(diagram)

The major product of reacting the molecule above with sodium cyanide in di-methyl-example-1
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