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Ethylene oxide reacts with HCN in the presence of base to give ethylene cyanohydrin.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

  +  
HCN
  +  
[OH]
         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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