Facile access to mid-valent Group 5 and 6 metal synthons

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5584-5590
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI00910F, Research Article
Thomas E. Shaw, Charlotte L. Stern, Alfred P. Sattelberger, Titel Jurca
Group 5 and 6 metal chlorides, MClx (M = Nb, Ta, Mo, W) are easily and controllably reduced, in a stepwise fashion, by stoichiometric PhMe2SiH, yielding only PhMe2SiCl, a useful reagent, and H2 as the byproducts.
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