Reactions of [A>'per-c/oío-2-R1-3-R2-6,6-(PPh3)2-6,2,3-RuC2B7H7] (I) with (o-styryl)diphenylphosphine (R1•2 = H, CH3; R1 = H, R2 = Ph), (o-allylphenyl)diphenylphosphine (R1,2 = H, CH3), and Ph3_"P(CH2CH2CH=CH2)" (« = 1, 2; R1,2 = CH3) afforded the 16e~ruthenacarborane complexes [/!yper-c/oio-RuL(C2B7H7R1R2)] (Ila-g), in which the alkenylphosphine (L) functions as a bidentate ligand. The crystal structure of [2,3-(CH3)2-6-(CH2=CHCH2C6H4Ph2P)--j 6,2,3-RuC2B7H7] (lid) was determined from three-dimensional X-ray counter data. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2fc, with a = 11.740