Enthalpies of formation of silaethylene (SiH2=CH2), methylsilylene (HSiCH3), disilene (SiH2=SiH2), and silylsilylene (HSiSiH3) are predicted by using the recently developed GAUSSIAN-! method for computing accurate molecular energies. The predicted enthalpies of formation of the silylenes are compared with enthalpies of formation determined from isodesmic reactions. Very good agreement is found between these two methods and improved values for the enthalpies of formation of silaethylene and disilene are suggested.