The square-planar cis-dicarbonyl complex Ir(C 2 Ph)(CO) 2 (PCy 3 ) (1) reacts with ca. 1 equiv of HSiR 3 to give, in quantitative yield, the corresponding alkynyl-hydrido-silyl derivatives Ir(C 2 Ph)(H)(SiR 3 )(CO) 2 (PCy 3 ) (SiR 3 ) SiEt 3 (2), SiPh 3 (3), SiHPh 2 (4), and SiH 2 Ph (5)). The reactivity of the related tetrafluorobenzobarrelene compound Ir(C 2 Ph)(TFB)(PCy 3 ) (6) toward HSiR 3 has been also studied by NMR spectroscopy. The addition of ca. 2 equiv of HSiEt 3 to a benzene-d 6 solution of 6 affords IrH 2 (SiEt 3 )(TFB)(PCy 3 ) (7) and PhCtCSiEt 3 in a 1:1 molar ratio, while the reaction of 6 with ca. 1 equiv of HSiPh 3 yields, after 1 h and 30 min, IrH 2 -(SiPh 3 )(TFB)(PCy 3 ) (10, 8%), Ir{C(SiPh 3 )dCHPh}(TFB)(PCy 3 ) (11, 52%), and PhCtCSiPh 3 (8%). The addition of ca. 1 equiv of H 2 SiPh 2 to a benzene-d 6 solution of 6 leads, after 1 h, to IrH 2 {Si(C 2 Ph)Ph 2 }(TFB)(PCy 3 ) ( 12) in 90% yield. The alkynyl compounds 1 and 6 have been found to be active catalysts for the addition of triethylsilane to phenylacetylene. In all experiments, PhCHdCH 2 , PhCtCSiEt 3 , cis-PhCHdCH(SiEt 3 ), trans-PhCHdCH(SiEt 3 ), and Ph(SiEt 3 )CdCH 2 were obtained. On the basis of the results from the stoichiometric reactions together those from the catalytic experiments, reaction pathways for the formation of these silylate products are discussed.