A method for the preparation of a chain hydrocarbon halosilylated at its terminal carbon atom or terminal carbon atoms by subjecting a diene-type compound and a hydrogenhalosilane to a hydrosilylation reaction in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an ether compound having no aliphatic triple bond. A method of conducting a hydrosilylation reaction between a diene-type compound that has vinyl groups on both terminals and a hydrogenhalosilane in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an ether compound having no aliphatic triple bond.