What Is the Role of Acid in the Following Reaction

question 82

Multiple Choice

What is the role of acid in the following reaction?

• A)to protonate the negatively charged cyanide
• B)to stabilize the ketone
• C)to protonate the formed alkoxide
• D)to form hydrogen bonds with the nitrogen in the cyanide ion

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