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(Figure presented) Bond order of a silicon-silicon bond (2): Quantum chemical analysis of the central Si-Si bond in a recently synthesized compound, which was claimed to be the first stable silicon analog of an alkyne, led to the conclusion: the central Si-Si bond cannot be classified as a triple bond (see picture). © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.