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Cyanide ion initiates a nucleophilic substitution and displaces the halide ion leaving group, twice.
  +  
2
KCN
         
  +  
2
KBr
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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