Two heteronuclear complexes Mo 2 Ag 4 (l-dppm) 4 (mnt) 6 Á 6MeCN (1) and WAg 2 (l-dppm) 2 (mnt) 3 Á MeCN (2) were synthesized by self-assembly with [Ag 2 (l-dppm) 2 (MeCN) 2 ](SbF 6 ) 2 and [Bu 4 N] 2 [Mmnt) 3 ] (M=Mo or W, dppm=bis(diphenylphosphino)methane, mnt 2-= cis-1,2-dicyanoethylene-1,2-dithiolate) as components and characterized by IR spectra, elemental analysis, 1 H NMR spectra, 31 P NMR spectra and u.v.-vis spectra. The crystal structures of the two complexes were determined by X-ray analysis.