The dehydration reactions from primary amides to nitriles were catalyzed by the [CNC]-pincer hydrido cobalt(III) complexes [(ortho-F₄C₆CHNC₁₀H₆)Co(III)(H)(PMe₃)₂] (1), [(2,5-F₂C₆H₂CHNC₁₀H₆)Co(III)(H)(PMe₃)₂] (2) and [(2,4,5-F₃C₆HCHNC₁₀H₆)Co(III)(H)(PMe₃)₂] (3) as catalysts with (EtO)₃SiH as an efficient reducing agent. These hydrido cobalt(III) complexes as catalysts are suitable for many substrates and have good functional group tolerance. Among the three cobalt hydrides, complex 2 is the best catalyst. This is the first hydrido cobalt complex-catalyzed dehydration of primary amides to nitriles.

[CNC]-夹子氢化钴（III）配合物[（邻-F ₄ C ₆ CH N C ₁₀ H ₆）Co（III）（H）（PMe ₃）₂催化从伯酰胺到腈的脱水反应]（1），[（2,5-F ₂ C ₆ H ₂ CH N C ₁₀ H ₆）Co（III）（H）（PMe ₃）₂ ]（2）和[（2,4,5-F ₃ C ₆ H CH N C ₁₀ H ₆）Co（III）（H）（PMe ₃）₂ ]（3）作为催化剂，并以（EtO）₃ SiH作为有效的还原剂。这些氢化钴（III）配合物作为催化剂适用于许多底物，并具有良好的官能团耐受性。在三种氢化钴中，配合物2是最好的催化剂。这是第一个氢化钴钴配合物催化的伯酰胺脱水成腈。