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Hydrogen cyanide adds to acetaldehyde to give the cyanohydrin which is subsequently dehydrated (at 650°C) to acrylonitrile.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
CH3CHO
  +  
HCN
         
  +  
H2O
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Acetaldehyde     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen cyanide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acrylonitrile     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic Protonation
Elimination: Second Order
Industrial Process: Organic

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