title: An efficient ruthenium(IV) catalyst for the selective hydration of nitriles to amides in water under mild conditions.
abstract: A Ru(IV) catalyst able to promote the selective hydration of nitriles to amides in water, at low metal loadings and under mild conditions, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Compuestos Organometálicos y Catálisis (Unidad Asociada al CSIC), Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. vcm@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: Eder
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomás-Mendivil
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díez
authors.forename: Victorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cadierno