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Ethanenitrile, , is reduced with . The product is:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: C

Reduction of a nitrile with or gives the primary amine , which has one carbon more than the alkyl group of the halide it came from. Here gives ethylamine . The aldehyde forms only with Stephen reduction ().
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