Hydrogen cyanide (and organic nitriles, which contain the cyano group) can be catalytically reduced with hydrogen to form amines. Use Lewis structures and bond energies to determine H for the reaction below. (See Table 9.2 for bond energies.)
I've tried
148.95 - incorrect
-148.95 - incorrect, it says 10 percent off, and may be due to roundoff error
Average Bond Energies (kJ/molO Bond Energy Single Bonds 363 C-Si 30 C-N 305 C-O 358 264 C-P C-S 259 C-F 453 C-CI 339 C-Br 276 C I 216 Multiple Bonds C C 614 C N 615 745 Bond Energy N- Cl N-Br 243 O-H 467 O-P 351 204 O O O-S 265 O-F 190 O C 203 O-Br 234 O-I 234 Bond Energy Si-H Si-Si 226 Si-- Cl 381 P-H 320 P Si 213 200 P- P P-F 490 P- C1 331 P-Br P-I 184 Bond Energy 271 F-C 193 F- Br 212 F- I 263 243 Br 215 208 93 Br Br Br I 175 I I 51 945
