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IntroductionTo the number of signifi cant hydrometallating reagents that have been introduced into organic synthesis should be added the stable hydrides of transition metals (Zr) and nontransition metals (B, Al, Mg).Today, hydrides of the these metals and their derivatives are widely used in the reduction of alkenes, dienes, alkynes, allenes, heteroolefi ns and carbonyl compounds as well as for the production of the corresponding organometallic compounds and selective alkene functionalization via the synthesis of compounds containing polar metal -carbon (M − C) bonds. These may be involved in reactions with electrophilic or nucleophilic reagents affording functional derivatives.Generally, the thermal additions of the above hydrides to alkenes proceed via the four -center transition state (1) , with subsequent cleavage of the M − H bond and metal addition. In this case the corresponding organometallic compounds are formed according to Scheme 18.1 .The use of metal complex catalysts in organic and metalloorganic chemistry allows the chemo -, regio -and stereoselective hydroalumination of unsaturated compounds under mild conditions with high yields.The role of a transition metal catalyst in these reactions is determined by its ability to activate the starting substrate by coordination to the metal center forming the intermediate hydride complex (2) . The latter, being a more active hydrometallating reagent, attacks alkenes under mild conditions with subsequent transmetallation of the starting hydride affording the target organic compound (3) according to Scheme 18.2 .To date, a large number of reports have appeared in the literature on the application of hydride reagents in both thermal and catalytic hydrometallation of unsaturated compounds. Hydroboration, hydroalumination, hydrozirconation and hydromagnesiation of unsaturated compounds such as alkenes, dienes or alkynes are considered the most effective reactions for producing the related metalloorganic compounds. It is not possible to consider all these reactions within the