This chapter covers the chemistry of metal carbonyl and organometallic clusters containing three or more metal atoms. The treatment is in Periodic Group order, homometallic compounds being followed by heterometallic clusters. Ligands are not shown for high-nuclearity clusters, emphasis being placed on core geometry. 2 Spectroscopic studies The first gas-phase infrared spectra of a range of anionic iron clusters ([Fe 3 (CO) 10 ] À to [Fe 5 (CO) 14 ] À) have been reported. Spectral data of this type were combined with DFT calculations for smaller complexes ([Fe(CO) 4 ] À , [Fe 2 (CO) 7 ] À , [Fe 2 (CO) 8 ] À) to obtain structural information for the cluster anions. 1 Spectroelectrochemical and computational studies on the reversible two-electron reduction of bis(alkynyl) clusters Ru 4 (m 4-Z 2-RC 2 R) 2 (m-CO)(CO) 10 show the first-formed product, which contains a square-planar metal core with the alkyne ligands coordinated to opposite faces, quickly isomerizes to a thermodynamically more stable product where the alkyne ligands lie parallel to each other across the metal framework. 2 Quantitative IR analysis of Rh 4 (m-CO) 3 (CO) 9 , combined with deconvolution techniques, has been used to obtain a spectrum of the all-terminal CO complex Rh 4 (CO) 12 , even though it constitutes only ca. 1% of the sample. 3 Laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry affords the best results for anionic clusters when they are examined in the absence of matrix, the parent ion being observed in the majority of cases. In contrast, the spectra of neutral clusters show high-mass cluster aggregation and decarbonylation, with the CO:M ratio dropping with increasing cluster size, suggesting a metal-core rearrangement. 4 A picosecond time-resolved UV/Vis and IR spectroscopic study of the photolysis of Os 3 (CO) 10 (s-cis-cyclohexa-1,3-diene), combined with DFT calculations on the geometry-optimized Os 3 (CO) 10 (buta-1,3-diene), indicates products result from stepwise formation of two bridging carbonyl ligands, with each intermediate containing a cleaved Os-Os bond bridged by the 1,3-diene ligand. 5 Similar comparisons of the photochemical reactivity of the diimine clusters Os 3 (CO) 10 (Z-L) (L = [AcPy-MV] 2+ , Pr i-AcPy, 1) show that irradiation of the methyl viologen cluster results in transfer of a cluster-core electron to the lowest p * orbital of the MV 2+ unit, resulting in formation of a charge-separated state that is stable in acetonitrile, but either decays to regenerate the starting cluster (88%) or forms stable open-core biradicals (12%) in acetone. Electrochemical reduction of the viologen cluster decreases the electron-accepting characteristics of the ligand such that irradiation results in formation of zwitterions analogous to those observed from the irradiation of related non-substituted Os 3 (CO) 10 (a-diimine) clusters. 6 The related mixed-metal cluster RuOs 2 (CO) 10 (Pr i-AcPy) contains the diimine ligand coordinated to the ruthenium atom and also produces biradical products on irradiation in weakly coordinating so...