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IR Spect:Drawing Spectra
15. Analytical Techniques:IR, NMR, Mass Spect / IR Spect:Drawing Spectra / Problem 3

A researcher hypothesized that ambient heat from the environment would be sufficient to drive the nitrile hydrolysis reaction to the carboxylic acid. Was this hypothesis correct based on the IR spectrum of the resulting product?

Chemical structure of a nitrile with reaction conditions for hydrolysis at ambient temperature.

IR spectrum showing transmittance vs. wavenumbers for the hydrolysis product.

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