Recent Advances of Group 10 Transition Metal Hydrosilylation Catalysts

This chapter summarizes recent advances of group 10 transition metal hydrosilylation catalysts from 2015 onward. Since the discovery of Speier’s catalyst in 1957, homogeneous Pt catalysts have been mainly used for the hydrosilylation reaction of C-C multiple bonds. Although research on homogeneous Pt hydrosilylation catalysts has still been intensive, recent trends of research that meet the demands for sustainable development significantly increased the research on heterogeneous and non-precious metal hydrosilylation catalysts including Ni catalysts. Although Pd catalysts are very popular in organic transformation, its usefulness in hydrosilylation reaction is relatively limited, except for several special cases such as asymmetric hydrosilylation.