Beta-diketiminate manganese catalysts for hydrosilylation, hydroboration, and dehydrogenative pnictogen-silicon and pnictogen-boron bond formation

A method of facilitating a dehydrogenative amine silylation reaction, the method comprising reacting a first compound having one or more Si—H bonds with a second compound having one or more N—H bonds in the presence of one or more of the manganese complexes represented by General Formula G-1:

• wherein:
• each X independently represents a hydride, an alkyl, an alkoxide, an amide, a silyl, or a boryl, and
• each R independently represents hydrogen;
• a substituted, unsubstituted, or cyclic C1-C24 alkyl group that optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms;
• an aryl or substituted aryl group that optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms;
• a ring formed from two R groups taken together that is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated cyclic structure that optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms;
• a halide;
• an alkoxide;
• an amide;
• a silyl;
• a boryl;
• or any combination or salt thereof.