The reactions of the tetrahedral cluster[SeFe
3(CO)
9]
2-with some transition-metalcomplexes and organic halides were investigated. The mixed-metalcluster[Et
4N]
2[SeFe
2Ru
3(CO)
14] (
1) was obtainedfrom the reaction of[Et
4N]
2[SeFe
3(CO)
9]with Ru
3(CO)
12 inacetone. Furt
her reaction of[Et
4N]
2[SeFe
3(CO)
9]with HgI
2 produces the HgI-bridged cluster[Et
4N][SeFe
3(CO)
9(
-HgI)](
2). While[SeFe
3(CO)
9]
2-reacts with CHPhCl
2 to produce theCHPh-bridged clusterFe
2(CO)
6(
-SeCHPhSe)(
3), treatment with CH
2I
2 forms themajorproductSe
2Fe
2(CO)
6(
-CH
2)
2(
4). Complex
1 displays an octahedral metalcore with a
4-Seatom and two carbonyl groups bridging the Ru-Ru and Ru-Fe bonds.Cluster
2 consists ofa SeFe
3 core with a HgI fragment bridging one Fe-Fe bond,and cluster
3 exhibits aSe
2Fe
2butterfly geometry with the wingtip linked by a CHPh moiety. Onthe ot
her hand, cluster
4 contains a planar Se
2Fe
2moiety with two CH
2 groups bridging the two Se-Febonds.Complexes
1-
4 have been fully structurallycharacterized by spectroscopic methods andX-ray diffraction analyses. This paper describes the formation offour different types ofclusters from the reactions of[SeFe
3(CO)
9]
2-with electrophiles and discusses the role of[SeFe
3(CO)
9]
2-and the incoming electrophiles.