Two new triynes, C
6Me
3-1,3,5-[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)C
CH]
3 (
3) and C
6Me
3-1,3,5-[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)PhC(OH)C
CH]
3 (
5), have been prepared and used for the facile synthesis of several tris(vinylideneruthenium) and tris(allenylideneruthenium) complexes via metal-mediatedactivation and tautomerization or isomerization and dehydration of the alkyne moieties,respectively. Complexes C
6Me
3-1,3,5-{[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)CH=C=Ru(dppe)
2Cl]BF
4}
3 (
6) andC
6Me
3-1,3,5-{[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)PhC=C=C=Ru(dppe)
2Cl]BF
4}
3 (
8) were obtained by activationof
3 and
5 by [RuCl(dppe)
2]BF
4. C
6Me
3-1,3,5-[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)CH=C=Ru(PCy
3)
2Cl
2]
3 (
7) andC
6Me
3-1,3,5-{[CH
2O(
p-C
6H
4)PhC=C=C=Ru(PCy
3)(
p-cymene)Cl]OTf}
3 (
9) resulted from thereaction of
3 with [RuCl
2(
p-cymene)]
2/2PCy
3 and of
5 with [RuCl(PCy
3)(
p-cymene)]OTf.