HM Sampath Kumar,* BV Subba Reddy, P. Tirupathi Reddy, JS Yadav Organic Chemistry Division-I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India Fax +91(40)7173387;7173757; E-mail:jsy@csiict.ren.nic.in Received 9 April 1998; revised 9 September 1998 ... Abstract: Various aromatic and aliphatic nitriles were prepared in high yields in a direct one-pot process by heating corresponding al- dehydes with hydroxylamine hydrochloride ...