Treatment of [N(PPh
3)
2][Fe(CO)
2(L)(
5-7-CB
10H
11)] (L = SMe
2, PPh
3) in SMe
2 or O(CH
2)
4with H
2SO
4 yields the neutral charge-compensated complexes [Fe(CO)
2(L)(
5-9-L'-7-CB
10H
10)](L = SMe
2, L' = SMe
2 (
2), O(CH
2)
4 (
3); L = PPh
3, L' = SMe
2 (
4), O(CH
2)
4 (
5)). An X-raycrystallographic study of
2 established that one of the exopolyhedral SMe
2 groups is bondedto a boron in a
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-site with respect to the carbon in the
CBBBB ring coordinated to the ironatom. In contrast with these results, the salts [N(PPh
3)
2][Fe(CO)
2(L)(
5-7-CB
10H
11)] (L =CO, PPh
3, CNBu
t) treated with NCMe and CF
3SO
3Me afford complexes [Fe(CO)
2(L)(
5-9-{(
E)-N(Me)=C(H)Me}-7-CB
10H
10)] (L = CO (
8), PPh
3 (
9), CNBu
t (
10)). An X-ray diffractionstudy on
8 established that the iminium group was attached to a
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-B atom of the CB
4 iron-bonded ring. Compound
8 is readily hydrolyzed in the presence of a base catalyst affording[Fe(CO)
3(
5-9-NH
2Me-7-CB
10H
10)] (
12), and with [Na][BH
3CN] yields [Fe(CO)
3(
5-9-{NH(Me)Et}-7-CB
10H
10)] (
13), the structure of which was determined by X-ray diffraction. Thereaction between [N(PPh
3)
2][Fe(CO)
3(
5-7-CB
10H
11)] and Bu
tC
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CH gives [N(PPh
3)
2][Fe(CO)
3(
2:
5-8-{(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t}-7-CB
10H
10)] (
14), which with NCMe in CF
3SO
3Me affords [Fe(CO)
2(
2:
5-8-{(
E)-C(H)=C(H)Bu
t}-10-{(
E)-N(Me)=C(H)Me}-7-CB
10H
9)] (
16). The site ofattachment of the exopolyhedral iminium and
tert-butylvinyl substituents to the cage wasestablished by X-ray diffraction.