A scandium complex enabled an atom- and step-economical C(sp³)–H addition of N,N-dimethyl anilines to a variety of unactivated alkenes affording branched products.

Molecular zinc dihydrides were found to be active catalysts for hydroboration of carbon dioxide, selectively giving boryl formate, bis(boryl)acetal, or methoxy-borane compounds by varying the borane reductant.

The reaction of terminal zinc hydrides with palladium(0) species afforded an unprecedented [η²-Zn₂Pd] trimetallic complex through the reductive elimination of H₂. In contrast, the reaction of zinc hydrides with a nickel(0) reagent gave σ-Zn–H coordination complexes with no direct Zn–Zn bonding. Computational studies indicated that an oxidative addition/reductive elimination process at the palladium center might be responsible for the formation of a covalent Zn–Zn bond.