Efficient and substrate-specific hydration of nitriles to amides in water by using a CeO2 catalyst.

Chemistry

Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.

Published: October 2011

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