Stable Nickel Complexes of a Siliconoid/Silylene Hybrid Ligand: Competent Hydrosilylation Catalysts for Terminal Olefins

Key Points

• The aim is to explore nickel complexes with silylene ligands as effective hydrosilylation catalysts.
• Synthesis of stable nickel complexes using siliconoid/silylene hybrid ligands.
• Characterization of catalytic performance in hydrosilylation reactions.
• Comparison with traditional platinum group metal catalysts.
• Nickel complexes demonstrated comparable efficiency to platinum catalysts.
• Successful hydrosilylation of terminal olefins with high selectivity.
• Silylene ligands showed stabilizing effects on nickel complexes.