The imido-capped cluster Ru 3 (CO) 9 (l 3 -CO)(l 3 -NPh) (1) reacts with the diphosphine ligand 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (bpcd) to furnish both Ru 3 (CO) 7 (l 3 -CO)(l 3 -NPh)(bpcd) (2) and Ru 3 (CO) 5 (l 3 -CO)(l 3 -NPh)(bpcd) 2 (3) as the major and minor products, respectively, under thermal and Me 3 NO activation. The thermolysis of cluster 2 affords the new triruthenium compounds Ru 3 (CO) 5 (l 2 -CO) 2 (l 3 -NPh)(l 2 -PPh 2 )[l,g 1 ,g 1 -C@C(PPh 2 )C(O)CH 2 C(O)] (4), Ru 3 (CO) 6 (l 2 -CO)(l 3 -NPh)(l-PhCO)[l 2 ,g 2 ,g 1 -PPhC@C(PPh 2 )C(O)CH 2 C(O)] (5), and Ru 3 (CO) 9 (l 3 -NPh)(l 3 -PPh) (6). Compounds 2-6 have been fully characterized in solution, and the molecular structures of 2, and 4-6 have been determined. Cluster 2 exhibits a nido-NRu 3 core with a face-capping l 3 -CO and a chelating bpcd ligand that occupies an equatorial and axial site. VT 31 P NMR data indicate that the bpcd ligand in 2 undergoes a rocking motion between the equatorial and axial sites at the attached ruthenium center at elevated temperatures. Cluster 4 possesses a similar nido polyhedral core that is tethered by a bridging phosphido group and the 3e-donor moiety l 2 ,g 2 ,g 1 -C@C(PPh 2 )C(O)CH 2 C(O). The structure of 5 reveals a hypho architecture containing a single Ru-Ru bond and where the three ruthenium centers are bridged by imido and benzoyl moieties and the seven-electron donor ligand l 2 ,g 2 ,g 1 -PPhC@C(PPh 2 )C(O)CH 2 C(O), which results from the cleavage of one the P-Ph bonds of the original bpcd ligand. The 50e cluster 6 exhibits a nido polyhedral core consisting of three Ru(CO) 3 groups that are capped by a l 3 -imido and l 3 -phosphinidine unit. Cluster 6 represents the first structurally characterized example of a mixed PhN/PhP capped cluster belonging to the family of nido-Ru 3 (CO) 9 (l 3 -EPh) 2 clusters. The pertinent structural highlights associated with these clusters are discussed, and the lack of reactivity of the capping imido group with the bpcd ligand in Ru 3 (CO) 7 (l 3 -CO)(l 3 -NPh)(bpcd) during thermolysis is contrasted with the related benzylidyne-capped cluster PhCCo 3 (CO) 7 (bpcd).