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Hydration of a Nitrile to Produce Carboxylic Acids

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https://joechem.io/videos/69 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). https://joechem.io/videos/69 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). In this video, we look at the reaction of hydrating a nitrile and mechanistically showing its transformation into a carboxylic acid.

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3. Hydration of a Nitrile to Produce Carboxylic Acids

1. Intro to Carboxylic Acids: Review of Physical Properties and Oxidation-Reduction

2. Grignard Reaction with Carbon Dioxide to Produce Carboxylic Acids

4. Making Acid Halides (Acid Chlorides and Bromides)

5. Esterification--Making Esters from Carboxylic Acids

6. Making Acid Anhydrides from Carboxylic Acids

7. Making Amides from Carboxylic Acids

8. Hell-Volhard-Zelinksy Rxn & Mechanism

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