Reactions of [Fe,(CO) ,] with diaryltin species SnR, (R ' = 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl, R2 = 2,6-diethylphenyl, R3 = pentamethylphenyl) and with Sn[CH(PPh,),], have been investigated. The tin reagents SnR, (R = R' or R2) reacted under mild conditions to give in moderate yields the trinuclear species [Fe,(C0)8(p-SnR1,)] 1 or [Fez( CO),(p-SnR2,)] 2, as orange-red crystalline solids, which decompose in air on prolonged exposure. The compound [Fe2(CO),(p-SnR4,)] 3 (R4 = 2,4,6-triphenylphenyl) can be similarly obtained. Prolonged treatment of the carbonyl with the novel tin reagent SnR3,, by contrast, afforded the known compound spiro-[(OC),Fe,SnFe,(CO),] 4 for which data are briefly reported. Reactions with tin or lead reagents M[CH(PPh,),], (M = Sn or Pb) afforded [Fe2(co),(p-co)(p-dppm)] [dppm = 1,2bis(diphenylphosphino)methane] rapidly and almost quantitatively. Full crystal and molecular structural data are reported for [Fe,(CO),(p-SnR',)] and [Fe2(CO),(p-SnR2,)]. Mossbauer data are also presented for compounds 1-3, and interpreted in terms of the structural data for these and other systems.