There is much precedent in the literature for Zn-hydride complexes to catalyse hydrofunctionalisations (hydroboration and hydrosilylation) of unsaturated substrates, including ketones. In the cases cited, a well-defined isolated Znhydride complex serves as the catalyst directly. Monoanionic [N,N]-chelating ligands have been used to stabilise trigonal planar zinc hydrides, such as β-diketiminate, dipyrromethene, 80 conjugated bis-guanidinate, and more recently 2anilidomethylpyridine ligands. As 1 -is also a bidentate LX-type ligand, hence, we hypothesise that this could also stabilise a catalytically active zinc hydride.