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The fast Cu2+-promoted hydrolysis of the two macrocyclic nitriles (3) and (4) is due to the proximity of the reactants allowing an intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the co-ordinated OH– on the cyano-group to take place.
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Schibler et al. (1981) studied this question.
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