Action of Dimethyl Sulphate on Potassium Cyanide

Reaction XLVIII. (c) Action of Dimethyl Sulphate on Potassium Cyanide. (B., 40, 3215.)—This method gives excellent yields of acetonitrile diethyl sulphate yields propionitrile by a similar method. Prepaeation 80.—Acetonitrile (Methyl Cyanide). 

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