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- ItemOpen AccessActivation of Si-H bonds across the nickel carbene bond in electron rich nickel PCcarbeneP pincer complexes(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-11-27) Piers, Warren E.; LaPierre, Etienne A.; Spasyuk, Denis M.; Bi, David W.Silicon–hydrogen bonds are shown to add to a nickel carbon double bond to yield nickel α-silylalkyl hydrido complexes. Kinetic and isotope labeling studies suggest that a concerted 4-centred addition across the Ni[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond is operative rather than a mechanism involving Si–H oxidative addition. This constitutes an example of Si–H bond activation via ligand cooperativity.