The metallostannylene Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)(H) 2 Fe-SnDMP (1; Cp* = η 5 -C 5 Me 5 ; DMP = 2,6-dimesitylphenyl), formed by hydrogen migration in a putative Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)HFe-[Sn(H)DMP] intermediate, serves as a robust platform for exploration of transition-metal main-group element bonding and reactivity. Upon one-electron oxidation, 1 expels H 2 to generate the coordinatively unsaturated [Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)FeSnDMP][B-(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ] ( 3), which possesses a highly polarized Fe−Sn multiple bond that involves interaction of the tin lone pair with iron. Evidence from EPR and 57 Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy, along with DFT studies, shows that 3 is primarily an iron-based radical with charge localization at tin. Upon reduction of 3, C−H bond activation of the phosphine ligand was observed to produce Cp*HFe(κ 2 -(P,Sn)Sn(DMP)CH 2 CHMePMe i Pr) (5). Complex 5 was also accessed via thermolysis of 1, and kinetics studies of this thermolytic pathway indicate that the reductive elimination of H 2 from 1 to produce a stannylyne intermediate, Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)Fe[SnDMP] (A), is likely rate-determining. Evidence indicates that the production of 5 proceeds through a concerted C−H bond activation. DFT investigations suggest that the transition state for this transformation involves C−H cleavage across the Fe−Sn bond and that a related transition state where C−H bond activation occurs exclusively at the tin center is disfavored, illustrating an effect of iron−tin cooperativity in this system.