Reaction of tricarbonylcyclopentadienyl molybdenum anion with X(CH
2)
3X(X=Br,I)in diglyme gave the cyclic carbene of molybdenum complex──CpMoX(CO)
2·
CO(CH
2)
2CCH
2.The similar reaction of sila-bridged biscyclopentadienyltricarbonyl molybdenum anion with 1,3-dihalopropane proceeds smoothiy to afford the corresponding sila-bridged bis[cyclic carbene molybdenum]complex,E[C
5H
4MoX(CO)
2·
CO(CH
2)
2CH
2]
2(E=Me
2Si,Me
2SiSiMe
2, Me
2SiOSiMe
2).The crystal structure of One(X=I) of the latter complexes was determined by X-ray crystallography.The crystal is triclinic, space group P
1 with α=0.8188(1) nm,b=1.0454(3) nm,c=2.3325(4) nm,α=94.14(2)°,β=94.07(1)°,γ=102.48(2)°,V=1.9306 nm
3,Z=2,D
c=1.854 g/cm
3。