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Not only surprisingly facile, a hydrosilylation of pyridines under the catalysis of Cp(iPr3P)Ru(NCCH3)2+ has the advantages that it is 1,4-regioselective and reversible. The products can be transformed in a variety of ways (see scheme). The related complex CpRu(NCCH3)3+ catalyzes the two-hydrogen-atom reduction of phenanthroline by HSiMe2Ph/water.
Gutsulyak et al. (Wed,) studied this question.