The vinylidene rhodium complex CsH@ ( =C=CH jPiPr3 (1) reacts with C&6Cr(COh upon UV irradiation and with C5HsMn- During our investigations on electron-rich half-sandwich type compounds C5H5MLL' (M = Co, Rh, Ir; L and L' = two-electron donor ligands) we previously observed that the reaction of trans-[RhCl(RC =CH)L2] (L = PiPr3) with NaC5H5 not only leads to the formation of the expected alkyne complexes C5H5Rh(RC = CH)L but also to that of the unexpected vinylidene isomers C5H5Rh( = C = CHR)LZv3). These compounds reveal a remarkable reactivity towards electrophilic substrates as is illustrated with CH2N2, the chalcogens4), and CuC15) as examples in Scheme 1.As a continuation of these studies, we were interested to learn whether not only CuCl but also other metal-contain- -19). Die Kristall-und Molekiilstrukturen von 6, ll und 14 wurden bestimmt. Die Zweikernkomplexe 6 und 11 enthglten unsymmetrisch gebundene Briickenliganden (CO und C=CHd, was wahrscheinlich auf die unterschiadliche Elektronenkonf@ration der beiden Metallatome zuriickmfiihren ist. Das M s t des dreikemigen Clusters 14 besteht aus einem offmen Rh -Fe-Fe-Dreieck, das von der C = CHrEinheit iiberbriickt ist.ing species that have a free coordination site are able to react with the Rh = C bond of C5H5Rh( = C = CHR)L to form heterometallic dinuclear complexes. Prior to our work 6, Antonova, Kolobova, and coworkers ' ) as well as Berke *) reported that mononuclear manganese, rhenium, and iron compounds of general composition M( = C = CHR)L, react, e.g., with C5H5Mn(C0)z(THF), [dppm = CH2(PPh2)2], in which the unsubstituted :C = CH2