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A nitrile is an organic compound containing a carbon triple bonded to nitrogen.

The Sandmeyer reaction employing cuprous cyanide can be used to form nitriles from diazonium compounds.
Aryl nitriles may be formed from aryl halides in the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction.

Nitriles are reduced to imines, then hydrolyzed to the aldehyde in the Stephens aldehyde synthesis.
Beta-ketoesters are formed from alpha-bromoesters and nitriles in the Blaise reaction.

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