Bis(ferrocenyl) substituted allenylidene complexes, [(CO) 5 M C C CFc 2 ] (1a c, Fc = (C 5 H 4 )Fe(C 5 H 5 ), M = Cr (a), Mo (b), W (c)) were obtained by sequential reaction of Fc 2 C O with Me 3 Si C CH, KF/MeOH, n BuLi, and [(CO) 5 M(THF)]. For the synthesis of related mono(ferrocenyl)allenylidene chromium complexes, [(CO) 5 Cr C C C(Fc)R] (R = Ph, NMe 2 ), three different routes were developed: (a) reaction of the deprotonated propargylic alcohol HC CC(Fc)(Ph)OH with [(CO) 5 Cr(THF)] followed by desoxygenation with Cl 2 C O, (b) Lewis acid induced alcohol elimination from alkenyl(alkoxy)carbene complexes, [(CO) 5 Cr C(OR)CH C(NMe 2 )Fc], and (c) replacement of OMe in [(CO) 5 Cr C C C(OMe)NMe 2 ] by Fc. Complex 1a was also formed when the mono(ferrocenyl)alleny lidene complex [(CO) 5 Cr C C C(Fc)NMe 2 ] was treated first with Li[Fc] and the resulting adduct then with SiO 2 . The replacement route (c) was also applied to the synthesis of an allenylidene complex (7a) with a C C spacer in between the ferrocenyl unit and C c of the allenylidene ligand, [(CO) 5 Cr C C C(NMe 2 ) C CFc]. The related complex containing a CH CH spacer (9a) was prepared by condensation of [(CO) 5 Cr C C C(Me)NMe 2 ] with formylferrocene in the presence of NEt 3 . The bis(ferrocenyl) substituted alleny lidene complexes 1a c added HNMe 2 across the C a C b bond to give alkenyl(dimethylamino)carbene complexes and reacted with diethylaminopropyne by regioselective insertion of the C C bond into the C b C c bond to afford alkenyl(diethylamino)allenylidene complexes, [(CO) 5 M C C C(NEt 2 )CMe CFc 2 ]. The structures of 5a, 7a, and 9a were established by X ray diffraction studies.