Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.11, 1078-1079, 2001
Addition of HCl to a base-stabilized hydrido(silylene)tungsten complex and reactivity of the adduct toward LiAlH4
The reaction of cis-Cp*(CO)(2)HW=SiPh2. Py (1, Py = pyridine) with HCl gave an adduct Cp*(CO)(2)H2WSiPh2Cl (2). Treatment of 2 with excess LiAlH4 afforded an anionic complex Li[cis-Cp*(CO)(2)HWSiHPh2] (4), and the same product was obtained by the reaction of 1 with LiAlH4.