The trigonal-bipyramidal [Fe3Au2(CO)(12)(PPh3)(2)(mu(3)-O)] and octahe
dral [Fe3Rh3(CO)(15)(mu(3)-O)](-) clusters have been obtained from the
reaction between a triangular [Fe-3(CO)(9)(mu(3)-O)](2-) cluster and
metal-containing compounds Au(PPh3)X (X = Cl, NO3) and [Rh(CO)(2)Cl](2
), respectively. X-ray structural studies revealed that the addition o
f two Au(PPh3) or three Rh(CO)(2) groups to [Fe-3(CO)(9)(mu(3)-O)](2-)
resulted in clusters with a virtually unchanged Fe-3-(mu(3)-O) fragme
nt.