“…Predominantly, hydration of nitriles to primary amides has become one of the most widely used methods in both academia and industry [3,4] . Metal catalytic systems which includes Ru, [5] Rh, [6] Au, [7] Ag, [8] Cu, [9] Zn, [10] Os, [11] Ni [12] and Co [13] were reported to promote hydration of nitriles to primary amides.…”