The complex [Rh(CO)Cl{Me 2 PC(Me)=C(Me)BMe 2 } 2 ] (5) has been prepared again in order to prove its structure with weak bonding interactions between the basic rhodium centre and the Lewisacidic Me 2 B group of the donor/acceptor ligand Me 2 PC(Me)=C(Me)BMe 2 (1). For further investigations additional ligands with P-donor and B-acceptor centres, e. g. Ph 2 PC(Ph)=C(Ph)BPh 2 (2), B(OCH 2 PMe 2 ) 3 (3), and B(CH 2 CH 2 PMe 2 ) 3 (4), have been prepared and the coordinating properties have been studied by reactions of 1 and 4 with [(π-C 5 Me 5 )Rh(CO) 2 ] and Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 , respectively. Because single crystals of the products [(π-C 5 Me 5 )Rh(CO)Me 2 PC(Me)=C(Me)BMe 2 ] (6), [(π-C 5 Me 5 )Rh(CO){Me 2 PC(Me)=C(Me)BMe 2 } 2 ] (7) as well as [Pd{B(CH 2 CH 2 PMe 2 ) 3 }] (8) or [(Ph 3 P)Pd{B(CH 2 CH 2 PMe 2 ) 3 }] (9) could not be generated, quantum chemical calculations have been used to elucidate the coordination geometry expected for 5, 8 and 9. The calculations support the structure of 5 within the expected limitations of the experimental and theoretical methods andin spite of the extremely soft coordination sphere of 8 and 9 -are in accord with spectroscopic results for the cage structures.