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Acrylonitrile is hydrolysed by sulfuric acid and water and then esterified by methanol to give methyl acrylate.

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

  +  
H2SO4
  +  
H2O
  +  
CH3OH
         
  +  
[NH4]+
  +  
[HSO4]
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Acrylonitrile     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methyl acrylate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonium ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen sulfate ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Hydrolysis
Industrial Process: Organic

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