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unusual facts about nitrile


Nitrile

The synthesis of benzonitrile by Hermann Fehling in 1844, by heating ammonium benzoate, was the first method yielding enough of the substance for chemical research.


Pinner reaction

The Pinner reaction (after Adolf Pinner) is an organic reaction of a nitrile with an alcohol under acid catalysis for instance hydrochloric acid.


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