The compounds Ph, MCH,CH=CH, and Ph,McHCH=CH(CH,), ( M = Si, Ge, Sn or Pb) have been treated w i t h 4-phenyl-I ,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione, and the relative yields of the products of the M-ene reaction, of the H-ene reaction, and of the reaction involving cycloaddition w i t h shift of the organometallic substituent, have been determined. The silicon compounds react principally by the H -ene process. The cycloaddition process is at a maximum (50% or 70%) w i t h the germanium compounds, and the tin compounds show mainly the M-ene reaction, with some cycloaddition but n o H-ene reaction. Trip heny I prop-2-enyl plum bane [ and di (prop-2 -enyl) mercury and phenyl (prop-2-enyl) mercury] show only the M-ene reaction.In trimethyl( 1 ,I -dimethylprop-2-enyl)silane, in which the H-ene reaction is blocked, only cycloaddition with shift of the silyl group is observed.The use of a metal as a hydrogen-equivalent in ene reactions is important in organic synthesis because it provides the possibility of modulating the reactivity by varying the metal and its ligands.' Allylic derivatives of metals (1) have been shown to react with singlet oxygen 2-s or with 4-phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD)3-7 (2)* to give the products of M-ene reaction (3), of H-ene reaction (4), or of cycloaddition with shift of the metal ( 5 ) [eqn. (l)].