Imido silyl complexes of molybdenum: synthesis, structure and unusual H2/silane exchange

Reaction of complex (ArN)Mo(H)(Cl)(PMe3)3 (1) with BPh3 and silane H3SiPh affords a new silyl complex (ArN)Mo(SiH2Ph)(Cl)(PMe3)2 (3) which catalyses facile H-H/Si-H exchange. EXSY experiments sugge...