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to the molybdenum(IV) complex:
: 2 MoCl₅ + 5 CH₃CN -> 2 MoCl₄(CH₃CN)₂ + ClCH₂CN + HCl

Reactions

Transition metal nitrile complexes are usually employed because the nitrile ligand is labile and relatively chemically inert. Cationic nitrile complexes are however susceptible to nucleophilic attack at carbon. Consequently some nitrile complexes catalyze the hydrolysis of nitriles to give the amides.

Fe- and Co-nitrile complexes are intermediates

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