Cyanide ion acts as an ambident nucleophile. From which end it acts as a stronger nucleophile in aqueous medium? Give reason for your answer.

<p><span data-teams="true">This is a short answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar</span></p><p><span data-teams="true">Ambident nucleophiles are groups that include two nucleophilic centres, such as cyanide and nitrile. In the cyanide group, linkage can occur from both the carbon and nitrogen ends. The carbon end functions as a greater nucleophile in an aqueous media because it leads to the creation of a <strong>C-C</strong> sbond, which is stronger than a <strong>N-C</strong> bond in the identical molecule.</span></p>

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