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A tungsten silylyne complex having a W≡Si triple bond reacted with two molecules of aldehydes at room temperature to give W-Si-O-C four-membered metallacycles by [2+2] cycloaddition and subsequent formyl hydrogen transfer from one aldehyde molecule to another. Upon heating to 70 °C, the four-membered metallacycles underwent metathesis-like fragmentation cleanly to afford carbyne complexes and "silanoic esters," in a manner similar to that of metallacyclobutadiene, an intermediate of alkyne metathesis reactions, and dimerization of the latter products gave 1,3-cyclodisiloxanes. The "silanoic ester" was also trapped by pivalaldehyde to give a [2+2] cycloaddition product in high yield.
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