The phosphidometallates Liz{ [M]"PPh,) {[MI = (q5-C5H5)M-(CO),), resulting from the metal hydride complexes H[M]PPh,H [M = Cr (11, Mo (21, W (3)] by reduction with nBuLi, react with the geminal dihalides REClz to give the three-membered phosphametallacyclopropanes [ M -R [ER = NC6F5 (M = Cr (la), Mo (2a), W (3a)), PPh (M=Cr (lb), Mo (2b), W (3b)), PC6HII (M=Cr (lc), Mo (2c), W (3c)), P-tBu (M=Cr (ld), Mo (2d), W (3d)), P(2,4,6-(tB~)~C&~) (M=Cr (le), Mo (Ze), W (3e)), As(2,4,6-(tB~)~C~H~) (M= Cr ( l f ) , Mo (2f), W (3f)), Sb-tBu (M=Cr (lg), Mo (2g))l. Reaction of Br,Fe(CO), with the corresponding dilithium compounds Li,([M]=PPh,] affords the phosphido-bridged heterodimetallic complexes [ M m e -(CO), [M= Cr (lh), Mo (2h), W (3h)j. According to X-ray structural analyses in 2a and 2f the P -E bond distances are shortened while the Mo -E bonds are significantly elongated compared to a single bond. (OC)5CrTHF is added to the Lewis basic E atom in 2b, 2d, and 2g with loss of THF to give [ M m R C r ( C O ) 5 [ER=PPh (4b), P-tBu (4d), Sb-tBu (4g)l.By this reaction the antimony-containing ring 2g is kinetically stabilized. Because of the low basicity of the N atom in 2a no addition was observed. The ring skeleton of 4b and 4g, undergoes no change by Cr(CO)5 coordination as shown by Xray structural analyses.