Phenylacetaldehyde is partly responsible for the fragrance of the flowers of the plumeria tree, which is native to the tropical
and subtropical Americas. Draw the product formed when phenylacetaldehyde (C6H5CH2CHO) is treated with NaCN and HCl.
1 answer:
Answer:
Cyanohydrin
Explanation:
Step 1:
The nucleophilic C in the cyanide adds to the electrophilic C in the polar carbonyl group, electrons from the C=O move to the electronegative O creating an intermediate alkoxide
Step 2:
An acid/base reaction. Protonation of the alkoxide oxygen creates the cyanohydrin product.
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