No cat.s allowed: A stable and isolable tricoordinate silicon(II) hydride stabilized by a phosphine ligand was successfully synthesized and fully characterized (see structure, Si green, P yellow, N blue, C gray, H white). Interestingly, this silicon hydride adds to olefins in an unprecedented catalyst-free hydrosilylation reaction in very mild conditions.
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