Base metal catalysis offers an alternative to reactions, which were once dominated by precious metals in hydrofunctionalization reactions. This review article details the development of some base metals (Fe, Co, and Ni) in the hydroboration and hydrosilylation reactions concomitant with a brief overview of recent advances in the field. Applications of both commercially available metal salts and well-defined metal complexes in catalysis and opportunities to further advance the field is discussed as well.

In this presentation, we will discuss an operationally facile and efficient hydroboration of unsaturated species such as amides and esters to afford the corresponding amines and alcohols using lanthanum catalysts in the presence of HBpin. Lanthanide polyoxometalates (POMs) are generated upon heating commercial sources of Ln(acac)₃ (La, Y, Gd, Eu, and Er) salts. The POMs