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Aqueous hydrogen cyanide is allowed to react separately with propanone and ethanal. In which case will the rate of reaction be faster and why?

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The rate of reaction will be faster in ethanal. In propanone, the presence of the two methyl groups causes steric hindrance that reduces the access of the nucleophile toward the carbonyl C. This is not the case for ethanal. Hence the rate of reaction will be faster with ethanal than with propanone.

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