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The compound shown is heated with excess LiAlHX4 in ether and then treated with water. What is the organic product?
AStructure A
BStructure B
CStructure C
DStructure D
Answer: D
The compound is butanenitrile. LiAlHX4 adds two hydride equivalents across C≡N and gives the primary amine butan-1-amine after work-up. The aldehyde would result from DIBAL-H, not from LiAlHX4, and the carbon-nitrogen bond is retained.