A water molecule is partially cleaved on a palladium or platinum metal surface under hydrothermal conditions to form an active platinum species. The species is effective for C-H bond functionalization which can be applied for H/D-exchange reactions, C-C bond-forming reactions, and C-N bond-forming reactions.
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Matsubara et al. (2007) studied this question.