“…Here, owing to the use of AcOH as reaction medium for hydration, the similar NMR characterization of the acetate ligand was not applicable, however, in UV/Vis studies, adding Sc(OTf) 3 to Pd(OAc) 2 in AcOH solution still revealed an increase in the Pd II absorbance band, which indicates the formation of the new Pd II species (see Figure S2 in the Supporting Information). More importantly, it has been well documented that adding bivalent or trivalent metal ions, including Ba 2+ , Sr 2+ , Ca 2+ , Mn 2+ , Co 2+ , Ni 2+ , Cd 2+ , Zn 2+ , Ce 3+ , Nd 3+ , Eu 3+ , and Ce 4+ , to the AcOH solution of Pd(OAc) 2 can lead to the formation of heterobimetallic Pd II species having an acetate bridge . Accordingly, a similar heterobimetallic Pd II /Sc III species with a diacetate bridge could be generated here and serves as the active catalyst for nitrile hydration through a “two‐metal‐ion mechanism” (Scheme ).…”