The complexes [WCl(CO)2(G SRC="/images/gifchars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >3-CH2C(COX)C=CH2)L2] (X = Cl; L2 = 2,2'-bipyridyl, 1,10-phenanthroline) (1) containing a 2-substituted butadienyl ligand were isolated from reactionsof Ph4P[WCl(CO)3L2] and excess 1,4-dichlorobut-2-yne in chlorinated solvents. Spectroscopicevidence supports analogous reactions for the chromium analogue. Addition of 1 to alcohol,amine, or thiol (HX) gave good yields of the related ester (X = OMe), amide (X = NEt2), orthiolate (X = SBun) complexes, respectively. Mechanisms and supporting evidence for theformation of 1 and the ester complex are proposed and discussed. Some differences inreactivity of Ph4P[MCl(CO)3L2] with 1,4-dichlorobut-2-yne in methanol are reported for M= Mo and M = W. The structure of [WCl(CO)2(ges/gifchars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >3-CH2C(COSBun)C=CH2)(1,10-phenanthroline)] was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.