Keywords: Gold / Rhodium / Iridium / S ligands / HydrogenationThe use of dinuclear gold derivatives [Au 2 (µ-S-S)(PR 3 ) 2 ] (S-S = benzenedithiolate, toluenedithiolate; PR 3 = PPh 3 , PPh 2 Me) as S-donor ligands, with rhodium and iridium complexes [M(cod) 2 ]BF 4 (M = Rh, Ir; cod = cyclooctadiene) affords new heteronuclear compounds containing the {Au 2 M} core, with the general formulation [Au 2 M(µ-S-S)-