A novel dihydridoruthenate, [(solv)Na][Cp*-( i Pr 2 MeP)RuH 2 ] (2; solv = THF or OEt 2 ), was synthesized from Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)RuCl (1) and sodium triethylborohydride. Compound 2 was used to generate "Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)RuH" equivalents by salt metathesis with 1, which resonance Raman spectroscopy indicates is a mixture of the terminal dinitrogen complex, Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)RuH(N 2 ) (4), and diastereomers of the bridging dinitrogen complex [Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)RuH] 2 (μ-N 2 ) (meso, 5, and a pair of enantiomers, 6). Compound 2 also reacted with the late transition metal chloride complexes [(COD)IrCl] 2 and (IPr)CuCl [IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene] to form hydride-bridged heterobimetallic complexes Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)Ru(μ-H) 2 Ir(COD) (7) and Cp*( i Pr 2 MeP)Ru(μ-H) 2 Cu(IPr) (8), respectively, that feature weakened Ru−H interactions relative to those of 2.