Busbov, IvanKeller, Sebastien CarlosHu, Xile2016-07-192016-07-192016-07-19201610.1021/acs.orglett.6b00792https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/127247WOS:000374436800055Me2SiH2, MeSiH3, and SiH4 are gaseous and flammable silanes that are inconvenient to use in chemical reactions. Catalytic amounts of a nickel pincer complex and NaO'Bu are reported to allow the synthesis of alkyl hydrosilanes from alkenes and alkoxy hydrosilanes, leading to the replacement of Me2SiH2, MeSiH3, and SiH4 by Me-2(MeO)SiH, Me(EtO)(2)SiH, and (MeO)(3)SiH in hydrosilylation reactions of alkenes. The scope and mechanism of the reactions are also described.text::journal::journal article::research article