Hydrolysis of Acetonitrile, Catalyzed by Octaacetatotetraplatinum(II). - High Reactivity of Coordination Sites Trans to the Pt-Pt Bond -

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.67.3116

The platinum(II) cluster, , catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetonitrile to acetamide in acetonitrile-water mixtures.Typical turnover number was 104 mol h^-1 at 80 deg C.The catalyst was slowly deactivated by the accumulation of the less active acetamide-substituted species, as well as by its decomposition.