The donor‐acceptor complexes with a vinylogue monohydro sesquifulvalene and sesquifulvalene backbone of the type [(η5‐C5H5)Ru{µ‐(η5‐C5H4)C2H2(η6‐C7H7)}ML](PF6)n [n = 0: ML = none (1), Cr(CO)3 (2); n = 1: ML = Ru(η5‐C5H5) (3a), Ru(η5‐C5Me5) (3b)] and [(η5‐C5H5)Ru{µ‐(η5‐C5H4)C2H2(η7‐C7H6)}ML](PF6)n [n = 1: ML = none (4), Cr(CO)3 (5); n = 2: ML = Ru(η5‐C5H5) (6a), Ru(η5‐C5Me5) (6b)], respectively, have been synthesised, and spectroscopically and structurally characterised. A charge‐shift correlation was carried out by means of 1H NMR spectroscopic studies and an increased ground‐state donor‐acceptor interaction in the order 5 < 6b < 4 < 6a was found. The corresponding donor‐acceptor interaction in 3a and 3b varies by an insignificant amount. Hyper‐Rayleigh scattering (HRS) was applied to determine the first hyperpolarisability β of the mono‐ and dicationic complexes 3a−6b. The β values obtained for the cationic sesquifulvalene complexes 4−6b are among the largest ever measured for ruthenocenyl containing complexes due to a strong resonance enhancement: the sesquifulvalene complexes 4−6a, 6b show first hyperpolarisabilities which range between 360 and 700 × 10−30 esu, whereas β for the monohydrosesquifulvalene complexes are considerably lower (75 and 162 × 10−30 esu). For the latter complexes the first hyperpolarisability doubles on going from Ru(η5‐C5Me5) (3b) to Ru(η5‐C5H5) (3a) in the acceptor unit. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)