Carbene transfer from the silylidene complex [Cp(CO)2MoSi(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)(Im-Me4)] (Trip=2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl, Im-Me4=tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene) to a triarylborane leads to the silylidyne complex [Cp(CO)2Mo≡Si(C6H3-2,6-Trip2)], which contains the first MoSi triple bond (see picture).
27 May 2013 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition