Reactions of the 30-electron hydride [Mo
2Cp
2(
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-H)(
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-PCy
2)(CO)
2] (Cp =
5-C
5H
5) with the 17-electron-fragment precursors [M
2Cp
2(CO)
n] (M = Mo, W,
n = 6; M = Ru,
n = 4) or [Mn
2(CO)
10] lead to the46-electron clusters [Mo
2MCp
3(
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-PCy
2)(
3-CO)(CO)
4] (M = Mo, W), [Mo
2RuCp
3(
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-PCy
2)(
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-CO)(CO)
3],and [MnMo
2Cp
2(
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-PCy
2)(
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-CO)
2(CO)
5]. The structure of the trimolybdenum cluster was confirmed byan X-ray diffraction study and displays two long (ca. 3.1 Å) and one short Mo-Mo distance (2.743(1)Å). The title unsaturated hydride also proved to be highly reactive toward the appropriate precursors of16-electron fragments such as M(CO)
5 (M = Cr, Mo, W) and MnCp'(CO)
2 (Cp' =
5-C
5H
4CH
3), thenleading to the 46-electron hydride clusters [MMo
2Cp
2(
3-H)(
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-PCy
2)(CO)
7] (M = Cr, Mo, W) and[MnMo
2Cp
2Cp'(
3-H)(
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-PCy
2)(CO)
4]. The structures of the compounds having Mo
2W and Mo
2Mnskeletons were also determined by X-ray diffraction methods, both of them displaying Mo-Mo distances(ca. 2.6 Å) somewhat shorter than expected for double Mo=Mo bonds and Mo-M distances longer thanthe corresponding single-bond lengths. A similar reaction takes place with the 12-electron compoundCuCl, to give the hydride [CuMo
2ClCp
2(
3-H)(
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-PCy
2)(CO)
2]. In contrast, the reaction of the title hydridewith [Fe
2(CO)
9], a precursor of the 16-electron fragment Fe(CO)
4, gives the heterodinuclear complex[FeMo(
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-PCy
2)(CO)
6] (Fe-Mo = 2.931(1) Å).