Two geometrical isomers of
1,
4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-
1-
buten-
3-
yne (
cis- and
trans-
1) were subjected to catalytic hydrosilylation with HSiR
3 (HSiMe
2Ph or HSiMePh
2) in the presence of catalytic amounts of late transition metal hydrides. Four kinds of regio- and stereoisomers of hydrosilylation products were formed: (R
3Si)(Me
3Si)C
C
CHCH
2SiMe
3 (
2), (
1Z,
3E)-CH(SiMe
3)
C(SiR
3)CH
CHSiMe
3 (
3), (
1Z,
3E)-C(SiMe
3)(SiR
3)
CHCH
CHSiMe
3 (
4), and (
1E,
3E)-C(SiMe
3)(SiR
3)
CHCH
CHSiMe
3 (
5). The product selectivity was strongly affected by the geometry of
1 as well as the catalyst precursor employed. Compounds
2–
5 could be prepared in over 9
3 % selectivity, respectively.