英文摘要 Among twenty-four different oxo-metallic species examined, vanadyl triflate, dioxomolybdenum dichloride and oxomolybdenum tetrachloride were the most efficient catalysts to facilitate nucleophilic acyl substitution (NAS) of anhydrides with a myriad array of alcohols, amines, and thiols in high yields and high chemoselectivity. The catalytic NAS tolerates virtually all kinds of functional groups and was unprecedented in view of the well-recognized redox chemical behaviors associated with oxomolybdenum (VI) species. By using benzoic anhydride as a mediator for in-situ generation of an incipient mixed-anhydride with a given functional alkanoic acid, one can achieve oleate, dipeptide, diphenylmethyl, N-Fmoc-α-amino, pyruvic, and tert-butylthio ester, N-tert-butylamide and trityl acrylate syntheses with appropriate protic nucleophiles. Similar to vanadyl species, the amphoteric character of the Mo=O unit in oxomolybdenum chlorides was proven by 1H NMR kinetic experiments to be responsible for the catalytic NAS profile.