As exemplified by the Stryker’s reagent, a phosphine-stabilized hexameric polymetallic copper(I) hydride [(Ph3P)CuH]6 (commercialized by Aldrich) routinely used in stoichiometric or catalytic quantities as a mild and selective reducing agent, Metal-Hydrogen (M-H) bonds occupy an important place in organic synthesis. In this project we intend develop new and original quantum-sized earth-abundant polynuclear metal–hydrides stabilized by carbene ligands for applications in chemoselective transformations of organic substrates.
