Abstract: Details of a study on the intramolecular bis-silylation of terminal alkenes promoted by a palladium-tert-alkyl isocyanide catalyst are described. With a disilanyl ether derived from a homoallylic alcohol, intramolecular regioselective addition of the Si-Si linkage to the C= C bond took place to furnish an exo-ring closure product, ie, 1, 2-oxasilolane. The bis- silylation of alkenes having substituents a to the C= C bond gave trans-3, 4-disubstituted ...