Reactions of
cis-Cp*(CO)
2W(MeCN)Me (
1) with HSiMe
2(CH=CR
2) (R = H, Me) afford the novel
3-1-silaallyl complexes Cp*(CO)
2W(
3-Me
2SiCHCR
2) [R = H (
2), Me (
3)] accompanied by liberation of MeCN and CH
4 via thermal Si-H bond activation.
3-Coordination and exo conformation of the 1-silaallyl ligand in
3 are shown by X-ray crystal analysis, which reveals the partial double bond character of the Si-C bond (1.800(4) Å) in the silaallyl moiety. Complexes
2 and
3 show extremely high reactivity toward MeOH to give the hydrido-(methoxysilyl)alkene complex
trans-Cp*(CO)
2WH(
2-MeOMe
2SiCH=CH
2) (
4) and the four-membered metallacycle
Cp*(CO)2WCH(CHMe2)SiMe2OMe (
6), respectively.