How to Achieve Hydrogenation/Hydrofunctionalization via Metal Hydride Complexes

Abstract

Metal hydride (M–H) complexes have garnered widespread attention in the synthesis of fine chemicals, materials, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals owing to the remarkable reactivity of the M–H bonds. Specifically, M–H complexes are active intermediates that catalyze hydrogen-transfer reactions, leading to efficient hydrogenation and hydrofunctionalization of C═C/C═X (X = O or N) bonds in unsaturated organic substrates for the formation of new carbon–hydrogen, carbon–carbon, and carbon–heteroatom bonds.