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mendius reduction????

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The reduction of alkyl or aryl cyanides to primary amines in presence of Na amalgam on alcohol is called Mendius reaction.
For example:

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 It is a special form of preperation of amines from the process of " REDUCTION of NITRILES" where R= CH3...the eqn is in pg 385 of NCERT chemistry book 2. 

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