Treatment of [{ Rh(q-C,H,) (CO)),(p-CO)] with PPh3, in saturated hydrocarbons, affords [ (q-C5H5) R h ( ~-c o ) ~R h ( P P h ~) (q-C5H5)] which has been characterized by Lr., 1H n.m.r., and X-ray diffraction methods. The complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1, with a = 9.700(2), b = 11.076(2), c = 13.790(3) p\, a = 105.3(1), p = 109.6(1), y = 99.1(1)", and 2 = 2. On the basis of 2 697 reflections with I 2 2.5 o(/), the structure has been refined to R 0.053 and R' 0.059. The molecule possesses a near mirror plane defined by the Rh-Rh bond [2.673(1) A] and the phosphorus atom. The two carbonyl ligands form two different asymmetric bridges to the rhodium atoms [Rh(l)-C(19) 2.17(1), Rh(2)-C(19) 1.89(1), Rh(1)-C(20) 2.10(1), and Rh(2)-C(20) 1.90(1) A].The cyclopentadienyl ligands are in a cis position with an interplanar angle of 66.3" and both are perpendicular to the pseudo-mirror molecular plane. The co-ordination geometry about the two metal centres is different, being formally Rh(1) seven-co-ordinate and Rh(2) six-co-ordinate. The complex [(q-C,H,)Rh(p-CO),Rh(PPh,)(q-C,H,)] reacts with PPh3 to give the known [Rh(q-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)J ; the same product can be obtained directly by reacting [{Rh(q-C,H,)(CO)),(p-CO)] with PPh3 in excess, in benzene solution.