“…The hydrosilylation of alkynes may be catalyzed by a number of different metal complexes, including rhodium, [5][6][7] iridium, [6,8] ruthenium [9,10] and platinum. [11][12][13] Complexes of the less precious metals nickel, [14] cobalt, [15] and titanium [16] have also [a] Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Fax: +31-71-5274761 E-mail: bouwman@chem.leidenuniv.nl of the symmetric alkyne 3-hexyne in 60 min at 50°C, with 5 mol-% catalyst loading.…”