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How will you bring about the following conversion?
Methyl cyanide to ethylamine
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Official answer keyEquation: $\mathrm{CH_{3}CN} + 2\mathrm{H_{2}} \xrightarrow{\text{Na}\text{ }\text{/}\text{ }\text{alcohol}\text{ }\text{or}\text{ }\mathrm{H_{2}}\text{ }\text{/}\text{ }\text{Ni}} \mathrm{CH_{3}CH_{2}NH_{2}}$
Reduction of methyl cyanide gives ethylamine.
From ISC 2027 Specimen Chemistry Paper 1, question 18(iii).