Gold nanoparticles supported on TiO(2) catalyze under mild conditions the activation of a series of 1,2-disilanes towards hydrolysis and alcoholysis, with concomitant evolution of H(2) gas. For the case of tert-benzyl alcohols, the main or only pathway is reduction to the corresponding alkanes.
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