The reaction of di(alkyn-1-yl)vinylsilanes R 1 (H 2 C CH)Si(C≡C-R) 2 (R 1 = Me (1), Ph (2); R = Bu (a), Ph (b), Me 2 HSi (c)) at 25°C with 1 equiv. of 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) affords 1-silacyclopent-2-ene derivatives (3a-c, 4a,b), bearing one Si-C≡C-R function readily available for further transformations. These compounds are formed by consecutive 1,2-hydroboration followed by intramolecular 1,1-carboboration. Treated with a further equivalent of 9-BBN in benzene they are converted at relatively high temperature (80-100°C) into 1-alkenyl-1-silacyclopent-2-ene derivatives (5a,b, 6a,b) as a result of 1,2-hydroboration of the Si-C≡C-R function. Protodeborylation of the 9-BBN-substituted 1-silacyclopent-2-ene derivatives 3-6, using acetic acid in excess, proceeds smoothly to give the novel 1-silacyclopent-2-ene (7-10). The solution-state structural assignment of all new compounds, i.e. di(alkyn-1-yl)vinylsilanes and 1-silacyclopent-2-ene derivatives, was carried out using multinuclear magnetic resonance techniques ( 1 H, 13 C, 11 B, 29 Si NMR). The gas phase structures of some examples were calculated and optimized by density functional theory methods (B3LYP/6-311+G/(d,p) level of theory), and 29 Si NMR parameters were calculated (chemical shifts δ 29 Si and coupling constants n J( 29 Si, 13 C)).