Reaction of Cp 2 M(PMe 3) 2 complexes (M = Ti, Zr; Cp = η 5-C 5 H 5) with the N-(p-tolyl)diphenylketenimine Ph´N=C=CPh 2 (Ph´ = p-MeC 6 H 4) in a 1:1 molar ratio affords the ketenimine-containing metallocene derivatives Cp 2 M(η 2-(C,N)-Ph´N=C=CPh 2)(PMe 3) (M = Ti (1); Zr (2)). The ketenimine ligand reacts in the same way with the "Cp* 2 M" species (Cp* = η 5-C 5 Me 5) generated from the reduction of the corresponding Cp* 2 MCl 2 complexes with Li t Bu (1:2 molar ratio) to give the related complexes Cp* 2 M(η 2-(C,N)-Ph´N=C=CPh 2) (M = Ti (3); Zr (4)). The molecular structure of 3 shows a titanium atom bonded to two η 5-cyclopentadienyl rings and a η 2-(C,N)-bonded ketenimine ligand. Reaction of "Cp* 2 Ti" with the ketenimine ligand in a 1:2 molar ratio gives 1,1,5,5-tetraphenyl-3-(p-tolyl)-2-(ptoluidino)-3-aza-1,4-pentadiene, which probably results from the coupling, followed by hydrolysis, of two ketenimine molecules coordinated to one titanocene moiety. Protonation of 3 with Et 3 NHCl or H 2 O (1:1 molar ratio) affords the intermediate species Cp* 2 Ti(X)(η 2-(C,N)-Ph´N-C(H)-CPh 2) (X = Cl (5); OH (6)), which on hydrolysis evolves to give the enamine Ph´N(H)-CH=CPh 2 as the final product. Finally, 3 reacts reversibly with H 2 to give the hydride enamidate complex Cp* 2 Ti(H)(η 1-Ph´N-CH=CPh 2) (7). The structures of the different compounds have been determined by IR and NMR spectroscopic methods.