Cy 7 Si 7 O 12 Fe(tmeda) (3, Cy = cyclohexyl, tmeda = N,N,N', has been prepared by reacting in situ generated Cy 7 Si 7 O 9 (OLi) 3 (2) with anhydrous FeCl 3 followed by treatment with tmeda. Pale yellow crystalline 3 represents the first example of a metallasilsesquioxane in which a late transition metal is incorporated into a silsesquioxane cage. The compound crystallizes as discrete monomers in which the coordination sphere around Fe is saturated by addition of a chelating tmeda ligand (3: monoclinic space group Cc, Z = 4, lattice dimensions at ±100°C: a = 2469.0(2), b = 1529.9(2), c = 1010.4(2) pm, b = 116.68(1)°, R = 0.052).