The reaction of [(C5H5)(CO)Fe]2^-CO)^-CH)+PF6•, 1, with ethylene produced [(C5H5)(CO)Fe]2Oi-CO)Ot-CCH2CH3)+PF6", 4, in 68% yield. 4 reacted with trimethylamine to give [(C5H5)(CO)Fe]2(^-CO)(M-C=CHCH3), 5, in 84% yield. 1 reacted regioselectively with propene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, ieri-butylethylene, styrene, butadiene, allylbenzene, and isobutylene to give similar µ-alkylidyne products in 76-85% yields. The syn addition of hydrocarbation was established by the reaction of 1 with (£)-and (Z)-1,2-dideuterio-3,3-dimethyl-1 -butene, 23-E and 23-Z. The rate of the reaction of 1 with fra«s-2-butene at -50 °C followed second-order kinetics with k2 = 9.2 ± 0.7 X 10'1 23 M'1 s'1. Competition techniques were used to measure the relative reactivity of 1 toward alkenes at -50 °C, and electron-donating alkyl substituents substantially increased the reactivity of the alkene. The deuterium kinetic isotope effect for the reaction of 1 with propene and isobutylene at -50 °C was found to be 0.74 ± 0.03 and 0.80 ± 0.03. The regiochemistry, relative rates, and kinetic isotope effects are consistent with a transition state for the rate-determining step of hydrocarbation which involves only initiation of a bond from (21) Casey, C.