Buslov, IvanSong, FangHu, Xile2016-11-212016-11-212016-11-21201610.1002/anie.201606832https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/131467WOS:000384713700025The first efficient and non-precious nanoparticle catalyst for alkene hydrosilylation with commercially relevant tertiary silanes has been developed. The nickel nanoparticle catalyst was prepared in situ from a simple nickel alkoxide precatalyst Ni((OBu)-Bu-t)(2)center dot xKCl. The catalyst exhibits high activity for anti-Markovnikov hydrosilylation of unactivated terminal alkenes and isomerizing hydrosilylation of internal alkenes. The catalyst can be applied to synthesize a single terminal alkyl silane from a mixture of internal and terminal alkene isomers, and to remotely functionalize an internal alkene derived from a fatty acid.hydrosilylationisomerizationnanoparticlesnickeltertiary silanestext::journal::journal article::research article