Hydrogenation of nitriles into primary amines is a crucial chemical reaction due to the importance of primary amines in the plastic, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industry. However, the control of the selectivity during the reaction is a major issue, which is greatly affected by the used catalysts. Therefore, to show the existing arts and trends of catalytic systems, progress made for the selective catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles into primary amines and the reaction parameters on benzonitrile of each catalytic system in the last decade are reviewed. This review also briefly discusses the effect of different substrate structures on the selectivity and the substrate scope of each catalytic system, especially the nitriles containing functional groups and aliphatic nitriles, which aren’t mentioned in the previous reported reviews. The best results for the various chemoselectivity problems are compiled and evaluated. This review aims to critically assess the development, performance, and versatility of various catalytic systems, as well as provide new perspectives to design and apply catalysts on conditions variables and substrate structures.

由于伯胺在塑料、制药和农业化学工业中的重要性，腈类氢化成伯胺是一个关键的化学反应。然而，反应过程中选择性的控制是一个主要问题，它受所用催化剂的影响很大。因此，为了展示催化体系的现有技术和趋势，回顾了近十年来腈类选择性催化加氢生成伯胺的进展以及各催化体系对苯甲腈的反应参数。本综述还简要讨论了不同底物结构对每种催化体系的选择性和底物范围的影响，特别是含官能团的腈和脂肪腈，这些在之前的报道中没有提到。对各种化学选择性问题的最佳结果进行了编译和评估。本综述旨在批判性地评估各种催化系统的发展、性能和多功能性，并为在条件变量和底物结构上设计和应用催化剂提供新的视角。