CAPE Chemistry Unit 2 · 2017 · Paper 1 · Question Q9
Hydrogen cyanide can be added to ethanal but not to ethene because
- (A)ethanal is more susceptible to electrophilic attack than ethene
- (B)ethanal is more susceptible to free radical attack than ethene
- (C)ethanal is more susceptible to nucleophilic attack than ethene
- (D)the addition product formed with ethene would be unstable
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