Abstract
| - The reactions of [M(CX)(CO)2{HB(pzMe2)3}] (M = Mo, W; X = Cl, Br; pz = pyrazol-1-yl) with nBuLi provide the lithiocarbyne complexes [M(CLi)(CO)2{HB(pzMe2)3}], which react with a range of electrophiles to provide variously functionalized carbyne and chalcocarbonyl complexes [Mo(CE)(CO)2{HB(pzMe2)3}] (E = H, Me, SiMe3, SPh, SePh, Se−, Te−, Fe(CO)2Cp).
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