Photochemical and/or thermal reactions ofCp*Rh(H)
2(SiEt
3)
2 (Cp*=
5-C
5Me
5) withthedimeric metal complexes [CpNi(CO)]
2 (Cp =
5-C
5H
5),[CpCo(NO)]
2,[CpRu(CO)
2]
2, and[CpFe(CO)
2]
2 yielded the trinuclear complexes(Cp*Rh)(CpNi)
2(CO)
2 (
3),(Cp*Rh)(CpCo)
2(NO)
2(
4),(Cp*Rh)(CpM)
2(CO)
4 (
5a, M= Ru;
5b, M = Fe), respectively, while the reaction with[CpMo(CO)
2]
2 gave the tetranuclear unsaturatedcomplex(Cp*Rh)
2(CpMo)
2(CO)
4(
6) in good tomoderate yields. Similarly,[Cp*Ru]
2(
-H)
4 reacted with[CpNi(CO)]
2, CpCo(CO)
2, and[CpFe(CO)
2]
2 to give tetrahedral(Cp*Ru)
2(CpNi)
2(CO)
2(
7), triangular(Cp*Ru)
2(CpCo)(CO)
4(
8),and tetrahedral(Cp*Ru)
2(CpFe)
2(CO)
4(
9) complexes, respectively. The mixed-metalclusters
3,
4,
5a, and
6-
9 have been structurally characterized bysingle-crystal X-ray diffraction.