Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Carbonyl compounds

Carbonyl compounds — practice question

When propanone reacts with an aqueous mixture containing HCN and NaCN, the reaction follows a nucleophilic addition mechanism. In the first step of this mechanism, cyanide ions carry out the attack. Which diagram shows this correctly?

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