“…[12,13,14] In this method, the metal ion's reactivity is used to activate and alter a pro-ligand in situ, resulting in coordination compounds with ligands that are generally not accessible via standard organic synthesis. [15,16,17,18,19,20] In this regard, coordination chemists have used nitrile-based ligands to prepare metal complexes, in which they observed the in situ conversion of nitriles into imines, amides, carboxylic acids, and heterocyclic ligands. [21,22,23,24,25] When nitriles are coordinated with metal cations, they become highly susceptible to nucleophilic attack.…”