“…Examples of bimetallic monocarbene complexes with σ,πbridging benzene and cyclopentadienyl ligands are scarce but have been documented, i.e. [(OC) 5 M{η 1 :η 6 -C 6 H 5 C(OEt)}-Cr(CO) 3 ] (M = W, Mo or Cr), 5 [(OC) 5 M{η 1 :η 5 -C 5 H 3 RC(OEt)}-MЈ(η 5 -C 5 H 4 R)] (M = W, Mo or Cr; MЈ = Fe or Ru; R = H or Me), 6 a series of ferrocenyl carbene complexes of chromium, tungsten and manganese, which were synthesized to study electronic effects of the ferrocenyl substituent on the carbene ligand, 7 and the modification of the cationic ferrocenyl carbyne complexes of manganese with thiolate, selenolate, tellurolate and [Co(CO) 4 ] Ϫ to afford the corresponding neutral carbene complexes. 8 The addition of anionic carbene complexes [M{C(OMe)CH 2 }(CO) 5 ] Ϫ to cationic complexes with co- † E-Mail: slotz@scientia.up.ac.za ‡ π-Heteroarene complexes.…”