Reaction between the tetrahedral cluster compound Mo 2 Ir 2 (CO) 10 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 Me) 2 (1) and 2-iodo-5-(oct-1′-ynyl)thiophene afforded the pseudooctahedral cluster Mo 2 Ir 2 {µ 4 -η 2 -Me-(CH 2 ) 5 C 2 -5-C 4 H 2 S-2-I}(CO) 8 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 Me) 2 ( 17) by formal insertion of the alkyne CtC group into the Mo-Mo bond. Similar reactions of 1 or W 2 Ir 2 (CO) 10 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 Me) 2 (2) with heterocyclic di-or triynes afforded the related mono-, di-, or tricluster compounds [M 2 Ir 2 (CO) 8 (ηCompounds 27 and 29 correspond to the 1,2-dicluster adducts of the linear triyne Me(CH 2 ) 5 CtC-5-C 4 H 2 S-2-CtC-2-C 4 H 2 S-5-CtC(CH 2 ) 5 Me. No 1,3-dicluster isomer was isolated from direct reaction, but the molybdenum-containing 1,3-dicluster isomer was prepared by exploiting organic reaction chemistry on precoordinated functionalized alkyne ligands. Thus, Sonogashira coupling of 17 with trimethylsilylacetylene and subsequent desilylation gave Mo 2 Ir 2 {µ 4 -η 2 -Me(CH 2 ) 5 C 2 -5-C 4 H 2 S-2-CtCR}(CO) 8 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 Me) 2 [R ) SiMe 3 (18), H ( 19)]. Sonogashira coupling of 17 and 19 gave the 1,3-isomer [Mo 2 Ir 2 (CO) 8 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 -Me) 2 ] 2 {µ 8 -η 4 -Me(CH 2 ) 5 C 2 -2-C 4 H 2 S-5-CtC-2-C 4 H 2 S-5-C 2 (CH 2 ) 5 Me} (32), as well as the homocoupling product [Mo 2 Ir 2 (CO) 8 (η 5 -C 5 H 4 Me) 2 ] 2 {µ 8 -η 4 -Me(CH 2 ) 5 C 2 -2-C 4 H 2 S-5-CtCCtC-2-C 4 H 2 S-5-C 2 (CH 2 ) 5 Me} (33). The identities of 21, 29, and 31 were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Cyclic voltammetric scans for these complexes all show a reversible/ quasi-reversible oxidation followed by an irreversible oxidation process. Dicluster compounds linked by one heterocycle, and tricluster compounds, show two reduction processes, whereas dicluster compounds with longer bridges reveal only one reduction process.