Methanol → Methyl Benzoate

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For example, when pure benzoyl cyanide (i.e., containing essentially no halide ion or halide ion source, such as benzoyl chloride) is reacted with concentrated sulfuric acid and then esterified by further reaction with methanol, the cyano group is cleaved and methyl benzoate is formed as follows: ##STR2##

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