Abstract: A method for improving the activity of a platinum catalyst in promoting the addition of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms to compounds containing aliphatic unsaturation which comprises reacting an ammonium platinum silicon complex with a compound containing aliphatic unsaturation in the presence of a basic compound.
Abstract: A process for the production of an ethylsilane, which comprises contacting vinyl chloride with hydrogen silane in the presence of a platinum or palladium catalyst at a pressure of not less than 5 bars.