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How do you prepare ethyl cyanide and ethyl isocyanide from a common alkyl halide.

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Alkyl halide reacts with alcoholic KCN forms alkyl cyanide as a major product while with alcoholic AgCN gives alkyl Iso cyanide as a major product
C2H5Cl+KCN(alc)C2H5CN(major)+C2H5NC(minor)
C2H5Cl+AgCN(alc)C2H5NC(major)+C2H5CN(minor)

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