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The cyanide ion reacts with soft carbenium ion complexed with soft iodide ion via its soft C- (carbanion) nucleophilic centre giving the alkyl nitrile product.

R–I
  +  
NaCN
         
R–CN
  +  
NaI
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Iodide, organic (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium cyanide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nitrile (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium iodide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ambidentate Cyanide Ion
Substitution: Concerted
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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