The linkage isomers of the [M(NO)(CN) 5 ] 2-(M ¼ Fe, Ru, Os), [Ru(NO)Cl 5 ] 2-, trans-[Ru(NO)(NH 3 ) 4 (L)] qþ (L ¼ NH 3 , H 2 O, nicotinamide, imidazole, pyridine, pyrazine, NO 2 -, OH -, Cl -), and trans-[Ru(NO)L 4 (OH)] q (L ¼ pyridine, NO 2 -) ions are studied by density functional theory. DFT calculations show that the electronic ground-state potential surface of these nitrosyl complexes has the local minima corresponding to h 2 -NO and h 1 -O linkage isomers, of which the former is characterized by lower energy. The stationary points on the ground state potential energy surface along the GS ! MS2 ! MS1 path for the [M(NO)(CN) 5 ] 2-(M ¼ Fe, Ru, Os) and [Ru(NO)Cl 5 ] 2-complexes were found. The calculations of infrared spectra of linkage isomers [Ru(NO)Cl 5 ] 2-and [Ru(NO)(CN) 5 ] 2-are carried out. The analysis of quantum chemical bond orders indicates a noticeable delocalization of p-electron density along the L trans --M--NO axis and a possibility of direct interactions between NO and equatorial ligands in the structures with the bent {MNO} group.