The phosphinidene complex [Mo
2Cp(
-
1:
1,
5-PC
5H
4)(CO)
2(
6-R*H)] (
2; Cp =
5-C
5H
5; R* = 2,4,6-C
6H
2tBu
3) has substantiallydifferent Mo-P bonds and displays a high reactivity located at theshort Mo-P bond. Sideways cycloaddition or addition processesare observed toward RC
CR, HCl, and [Fe
2(CO)
9], to giverespectively metallacyclobutene and arylphosphide-bridged andheterometallic phosphinidene-bridged derivatives, a behaviorreminiscent of the nucleophilic mononuclear phosphinidene complexes (carbene-like behavior), which is in good agreement withthe ground-state electronic structure of
2 derived from densityfunctional theory calculations. However, the reaction of
2 with [Co
2(CO)
8] implies the addition of two cobalt fragments to its shortMo-P bond and thus reveals a carbyne-like behavior of compound
2. In most of the new products, the P atom displays anunprecedented trigonal-pyramidal-like environment, instead of theexpected tetrahedral distribution of bonds.