The reaction of the unsaturated
nido-rhodathiaborane [8,8-(PPh
3)
2-8,7-RhSB
9H
10] (
1) with pyridine (py) generates the new
nido-hydridorhodathiaborane [8,8,8-(PPh
3)(H)-9-(py)-8,7-RhSB
9H
9] (
2) that reacts with excess ethene to give ethane and the novel ethene-ligated
closo cluster [1,1-(PPh
3)(
2-C
2H
4)-3-(py)-1,2-RhSB
9H
8] (
3). Reduction of
3 with dihydrogen regenerates
2, leading to a reaction cycle that opens new routes for potential catalytic hydrogenation of olefins.