Q.Propanenitrile ($\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CN}$) is hydrolysed completely under acidic, aqueous conditions. Name the two products and write the balanced hydrolysis equation.

Complete acidic hydrolysis of a nitrile proceeds through an amide intermediate to the carboxylic acid, with nitrogen expelled as ammonia (or, under acidic conditions, as the ammonium salt): $\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CN} + 2\text{H}_2\text{O} \xrightarrow{\text{H}^+, \Delta} \text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{COOH} + \text{NH}_3$. The nitrile carbon is retained in the product, …

Recall the nitrile-to-carboxylic-acid hydrolysis pathway (via the amide intermedia …

Stopping the hydrolysis at the amide intermediate, $\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{CONH}_2$, rather than the fully hydrolysed carbox …