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Nucleophilic Substitution in Aryl Halides

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Write the mechanism of the following reaction:

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The given reaction is:

The given reaction is an S_N2 reaction. In this reaction, CN⁻ acts as the nucleophile and attacks the carbon atom to which Br is attached. CN⁻ ion is an ambident nucleophile and can attack through both C and N. In this case, it attacks through the C-atom.

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