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Question
Write the structure of the major organic product in the following reaction:
\[\ce{CH3CH2Br + KCN ->[aq{.} ethanol]}\]
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Solution
\[\ce{\underset{Bromoethane}{CH3CH2Br} + KCN ->[aq{.} ethanol][(nucleophilic substitution)] \underset{Propanenitrile}{CH3CH2CN} + KBr}\]
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